Can you expand on the point where you say that destroying holes helps keep spawns down? From what I remember, destroying enemy spawners actually increases the patrol rate

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Few points on that, the initial reaction to those tests actually misunderstood the findings a little. So when you're actually at a nest, each hole will spawn a bunch of the smaller enemy types, like warriors, hiveguards, scavs and hunters. Destroying the bug hole stops those immediate spawns, so that's what I was talking about there, the more bug holes you take out in your opening attack, the less enemies you have to fight through when entering the nest itself. Regarding the impact on patrol spawn rate, destroying the entire outpost lowers the patrol rate in the surrounding area. It only increases the map-wide patrol rate when over half the outposts have been destroyed, and even then the patrol rate may still be lower in the vicinity of the outpost than if you'd left it untouched. By far the greatest impact on map-wide patrol rate is finishing the primary objectives, which quadruples the patrol rate. This dwarfs the impact of destroying over half the outposts, and in fact destroying all the outposts can actually help you have a very quiet extraction - patrols are spawned firstly from the direction of the nearest outpost, and secondly if no outpost remains, from the nearest map edge. But if you're at the map edge yourself, it cannot spawn enemies within 85m (iirc) of the player, so you can effectively block any spawns from occurring if your extract is at the map edge. This only works if you've destroyed all the outposts, obviously, so that's a major reward for clearing the map.

@MartaBunny

2 ай бұрын

@@newspiked7385 Thank you for the in-depth answer 🥺 Maybe it will help me beat 9 more consistently

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

@@MartaBunny you got this o7

@destroniumwastaken

2 ай бұрын

Basically what he said but I’m gonna type this out to waste your time

"Did I miss anything?" Loool

Welcome back helldiver, the galaxy is ready for your liberation

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

o7

Love to see the Stalwart. Machine guns in general need more love.

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

It's not even me being a loadout hipster either, I'm genuinely having an easier time dealing with all these bug hordes!

@chrisb5005

2 ай бұрын

@@newspiked7385Really? I’ll have to try a similar loadout soon. I’m getting wrecked on difficulty 7 with the new major order. Just need a few more super credits for the Democratic Detonation warbond.

Spiked on Helldive: Ooh, it got a little tricky there. Ah well. Me on Challenging: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

XD

Noooo Spike you totally didn't miss anything hugely dramatic while you were gone 😏 Welcome back, been looking forward to your next HD2 vid :)

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

;)

My level 9 runs feel like level 15, while yours look like level 5, but I guess that's the difference in experience. Happy for a new video!

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

I dunno how it looks, but it felt like a lvl 15 for me :P

@tarjeiaksnes5418

2 ай бұрын

Its about dealing with everything before its a problem. One bile titan is no problem, but if you let three spawn you are cooked. That is where his skill shows. Us lesser helldivers will do good for a time but mess up and die eventually and that is where it spirals out of control and you never feel like you can get back on top of the situation. He does not because he does not make that initial mistake. At least in the games he posts:) And sometimes Joel just hates you and its over from the start

@godslayer9000

2 ай бұрын

​@@tarjeiaksnes5418Having a target priority list in your head at all times which is also malleable is key to succeeding at higher difficulties. A factory striders will become a problem once it actually moves into a good position and has amassed an army of devastators, but an large group of chainsaw bots and flame hulks is an immediate problem which will hunt you down instantly. It's not always about focusing down the biggest guy around. The best tip for bots is to find, mark, and kill all the rocket guys. They are the ones who will Whittle you down, explode you out of cover into bad positions and snipe you while you're fighting something else.

One of the best players I've seen and I love both the gameplay and the narration. You dump so much useful info and opinions that can really inform playstyles to try, without a ton of loud overreacting

Stalkers became more invisible because they fear me and my Punisher shotgun

Excited for another video man!

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Feels good to get back to it :)

HES BACKKKKKKKK YAAYYYYYYYYYYY

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

:D

The GOAT is back

Aw yeah, that stalwart content I keep coming to this game for. Thanks for this! Greatly appreciate your videos, your voice is nice to have in the room.

Fantastic video with great commentary. It's a real pleasure to see someone use the game's tools so well.

Love the content! Enjoying the thoughtful commentary and considerate loadouts. Alot of the current discourse has been very “gut reacting”, and I’m liking this discussion of the game from the game.

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Glad you like it! Yeah, some of the stuff I read doesn't match with my own experience at all. Doing these runs helps to actually put gear to the test, if it can't pull its weight the run just won't happen.

Ah, a Stalwarrior after my own heart.

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

I'm a recent convert. The one weapon that actually makes me look forward to hunter swarms.

Really enjoy how you talk through your process! Great dive!

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

So much quality here.

Hahahaha!!! New strategem the orbital super grenade 🤣🤣🤣 I've been I several random matches lately where they completely ignore that there is a stalker nest.

Welcome back and looking forward to seeing you upload whenever they happen!

clean commentary as always i've been really enjoying the dom, stalwart, supply pack loadout lately

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

I need to try the dom out vs bugs, I keep seeing it as a bot weapon but with the Stalwart it could work

This guy’s the real deal.

Welcome back dude! Was happy to see your upload, hope all is well with the irl stuff! And, if I understand correctly, congratulations =)

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Haha thanks...not just yet, but any day now :)

Spiked! Glad to see another upload, welcome back soldier 💪🏻

Yo hes back

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Good to be back :)

Bruh the stalker cloaking is absolutely insane!!! I shit my pants when ever they come suddenly

New Spiked! Glad to see you, missed your gameplay vids.

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

I missed y'all too

FINALLY HE UPLOADS!

I definitely wasn't checking every day to see if you made a new video after the patrol rate changes in solo 😆

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

XD

I always learn something new or think of a different approach (like no anti-tank support weps) when I watch your videos! Thanks for taking the time to make these

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Glad it helped you try something new :)

Always nice seeing alternative builds

Now that was totally amazing you went on solo mission. Awesome!

Glad to see you back! You were missed. Can’t wait to see your gameplay with the new warbond. GG

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

I missed y'all too :)

Welcome back, Spiked! There's so much I want to talk to you about. For starters, the 1.000.3 balance patch! I know some of those changes were controversial, but I was optimistic about it for buffing a lot of the lesser used primaries. The Plasma Punisher feels so much nicer to use for example. As for the increased patrol spawn rates, I've able to pull off difficulties 5-7 against bugs solo, but I'll have to try doing 8-9 eventually. I played around with the Adjudicator a little bit, and tried it with the supply pack to offset its limited ammo. It wasn't bad to use, but I never figured out where I can use it over other primaries. Maybe I'll try that Adjudicator + Stalwart combo some time. I'm used to building around anti-horde weapons anyway by pairing them with anti tank eagles/orbitals. Speaking of Stalkers, I had a funny experience in a Helldive Bug Blitz with my brother and a couple randoms. That mission also had 4 stalker nests, we were only able to clear 3/4 of them, my brother told me he was dealing with 12 stalkers at once while I was split from him, and this all BEFORE the stalker cloaking buff, I'm imagining how much worse that would've been, lol!

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Thanks! :) Yeah, I thought that patch was pretty good on the whole. The crossbow change I never really got, but then I never really 'got' the crossbow to begin with. Same with the Plasma Punisher, but I need to give them both another go soon. GJ with soloing with the new spawn rate, it kinda reminds me of how the game was around the time I did my Pyromania vid, just constant fighting with little room to breathe unless you really manage to stealth past patrols. I don't think the Adjudicator is something you can rely on to take on all the hordes, at least not without some fire support, but it's good as a medium enemy specialist IMO. Even with the extra ammo, you're just spending so much time reloading. Definitely better at it now though. Yeah, the only other time I've seen 4 stalker lairs was on a blitz mission too, it does seem like in coop the gap in between the stalker spawns is shorter, so maybe that's how they can build up so much faster. 12 is insane tho! I'd take 12 Titans over 12 Stalkers ngl.

Man, I’m new to HD2 but found your channel and love your videos and the explanations as to why and how you do stuff. Its all great to see some great player solo a lvl 9 but knowing how and why is fantastic

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Welcome to the channel :)

You fellow helldivers rage againsed the enemies tyranny, join them

good to see you back

You made that look easy. And the first I've seen beast it with the adjudicator without complaining about shortfalls. Really sweet run. Subbed 😁

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub! I don't get the adjudicator hate, but I guess not every gun is for every player.

@TheCosmicAstro-

2 ай бұрын

​@@newspiked7385I think the hate comes from most people not wanting to use the stalwart. If you use the stalwart with it, it's a solid medium pen option with a bit of versatility to it. But if you want to use it as your *primary* weapon. It doesn't have enough ammo

So glad to get another video. I literally haven’t found a single person as good as you. Great content 👏

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

You're too kind :)

Glad to see you back! I used to take eagle airstrike and 500 kg all the time, like you usually do, but i usually use all my airstrikes before my 500 kgs, so i started taking orbital airbust with my 500 kg instead, and have been liking it a lot

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Orbital airburst is pretty sweet, yeah, just lacks a bit of anti-armour. Great for breaches though! And yeah, I've been getting a lot more value out of mixing more orbitals in, everything being tied to one Eagle rearm can get a little awkward.

Great video 😊 I’ve learned so much about how to deal with the bugs

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

ayyyyy youre back!! hope everything is well

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

All's good :) thanks!

Stalker 2 gameplay looks amazing!

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Hehee

The discourse around the Railgun is doubly annoying when people are starting to do revisionist history nonsense by saying the Railgun was never overpowered because all the other weapons are bad. Those people seriously act like those two things are mutually exclusive and can't exist at the same time. Especially when the Autocannon is relatively unchanged and is currently a top tier weapon, but was STILL heavily overshadowed by the pre-nerf Railgun. Hell, it would have even overshadow the pre-nerf Quasar Cannon, that's how busted that gun was. lol

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

I'd say the Railgun's only weakness atm is vs gunships, as far as I can tell the Railgun kill is a little impractical, and there's not many stratagems that you'd bring in just to fill that gap (rocket turret?). Maybe if you have a primary/sidearm that can plug that gap instead, but I'll need to try it out some more. For Bile Titans and Factory Striders, I think you can deal with those comfortably with stratagems. For everything else, I think it's in a good place.

@nateg3417

2 ай бұрын

@@newspiked7385 The solution to the Railgun’s gunship weakness is the Scorcher

Oh yeah adjudicator gameplay lets gooo

Hehehe welcome back ! Democracy was missing a key player

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

*Only in death does duty end* ...wait wrong franchise?

great build!

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Clean looking build, and clean play 👍 I'll give it a run but I'm sure Joel is going to give me triple shrieker nests on my run instead and make me regret no AT

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

I've run this build on Shrieker nests as well, it's surprisingly good. All 3 red strats can take down a nest, and I've realised you can run straight towards the nests and just move slightly to the side whenever one swoops at you, and they'll completely whiff. So run in, chuck in your reds, and then brrrrrrt the surviving Shriekers

Yooo good to see you back man! Always love your runs, what armor were you using in this video? It looks sick!

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Can't remember the name, but it's from the latest warbond - it's got recoil reduction and bonus nades, and most importantly has that trenchcoat vibe!

Whoever is alive always shows up

16:57 for the most part definitely agree, but I will say that the scorcher or incendiary breaker comes pretty damn close to it

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Scorcher for bots, and incendiary breaker for bugs, yeah, pretty damn good trash clearers as primaries go.

I was just starting to get used to 7/8 difficulty solo then they change the spawn rates, now I'm just getting destroyed at 5+. Not so much throughout the mission, just when it comes time to extract there seems to be far to many bots/bugs to deal with. Really frustrating. Awesome run though, an inspiration that keeps me trying.

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, extracts can still be nasty. Don't know if they changed anything about the spawn blocking mechanic, but I've noticed more extracts in the middle of the map now, which makes holding it pretty tough in solo. Keep trying though, you got this!

Skipped the stalwart until late level 40s and now it's basically all I use. Highest rpm with a ammo pack is an experience all it's own. I mix it up with the erupter, switch guns fast to skip the bolt animation and fire faster. If you strafe the stalwart side to side and do the same with your character it makes controlling the recoil on the highest rpm easier at distance.

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Nice tip, will have to try it out!

OOPS! All stalkers!

4 stalker nest thats just crazy,

The smoking hole next to the Hellbomb can also be used as a Hellbomb. Throw a grenade in those Hellholes to set off a gigantic explosion.

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Yup! Sadly don't think it works with stun nades tho

Love the adjudicator, gonna have to try this out with a grenade pistol. The adjudicator is great in semi with the damage i love tap firing with it at range

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Yeh, honestly feels really good even in full auto these days. Liberator Penetrator on the other hand I struggle to get the most out of, Adjudicator seems to do everything better except recoil control, yet that accuracy doesn't really translate to faster kills even vs bot faces.

If you use the same loadout except with the dominator, you can use that to pretty easily kill stunned chargers in ~10 hits

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Will have to try that out! Someone mentioned to me as well that a Senator mag can do it too, haven't tested it myself tho.

@franzoloranzo7302

2 ай бұрын

@@newspiked7385 yeah the senator can kill its leg but afaik that‘s not intended and will probably get fixed

Would love to see a “bad run” sometime and see you dissect it

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Sometimes the cooler stuff happens on a bad run...I'll just need to play it through to the end next time!

I literally watch you and copy the load outs. You just make it looks so easy

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Hope they work for you too!

I think you CAN hold of that many trash mobs with a primary. Specifically the Blitzer can do it. But you might need to run around a little bit while doing it. Luckily you don't really need to aim so you can freely run around while shooting. The stagger on the Blitzer is so good the Brood commanders and the Hive guards usually end up further away from you when they die than they were when you started shooting them.

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, I gotta give the arc builds another go since the arc jump and blitzer buffs! Heard the Blitzer feels great now

@MrRolnicek

2 ай бұрын

@@newspiked7385 Blitzer is getting nerfed first chance they get for SURE. The upgraded Arc Thrower is good, quite good but I don't use it ... precisely because the Blitzer is just so good. Why stand still and charge up an Arc Thrower shot when you can instead run to the perfect position while constantly hipfiring the Blitzer.

@E3.20

2 ай бұрын

Blitzer will stun lock stalkers, but I inevitably get overrun by pouncers/hunters that flank you or jump over your bolt streams. And the weapon doesn’t seem to hit anything that’s danger close.

@MrRolnicek

2 ай бұрын

@@E3.20 You see I've never had anything get close or flank me. Because I don't need to aim the gun I can constantly look around and move towards the best position while just ocasionally clicking in the direction of the enemy I want to kill.

Oops, all Stalkers!

You and Sarge got high lvl, solo gameplay down to a T.

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Sarge is a ledge :)

@_IronAce_

2 ай бұрын

Stalwart = Helldivers Buzzsaw :)

nice vid, this set up, how to deal will charger?

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Orbital Precision Strike/Eagle Air Strike + Stun nade works like a charm. The cooldown on the OPS is very nice.

I’m not a fan of the Adjudicator, or, more specifically, the direction the buff went in. I wanted the Adjudicator to remain a marksman rifle with a full auto panic button, rather than become a hard-to-control assault rifle. I believe it should’ve gotten more damage, rather than less recoil. The recoil buff wasn’t bad by any means, but I would’ve much preferred the Adjudicator to hit as hard as it feels like it should, especially with the new rifle coming in Polar Patriots that will likely also have medium penetration. I think the Adjudicator should have stayed in its close range favoring marksman rifle niche, instead of just becoming an assault rifle.

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

I think it feels pretty good to use atm, but what you described "marksman rifle with full auto panic button" is one of my favourite weapon designs in games. When we modded Remnant, I added a gun that was basically that, with similarly ridiculous recoil to an M14 in full auto. If the Adjudicator isn't it, I hope we get something with that profile in one of these warbonds!

What rate of fire do you put the Stalwart at and what Booster do you typically take? Great gameplay!

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Always max firerate, lol. The recoil is still very controllable at max, and you can just tap-fire to avoid wasting shots. For boosters, I'll usually go stamina if I'm solo, but hellpod space optimisation, injury resistance, stamina are the most important in coop IMO.

I need to get better at grenade pistol aiming. Any tips for shooting into the big holes? Mine always hit the edges.

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Hard to say other than practice, there's no real indicators on the reticle so it's mostly memory of where to aim from which position. Often it's a matrer of aiming lower than you think, you want it to land at the base of the hole, too high and it'll miss.

I'm surprised they haven't reduced the ammo count of the grenade pistol to 4 yet. lol

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Might as well be if it only resupplies you 2 at a time -_-

I want to try a quadruple stalker mission, haven't found one yet tho :(

@tinybike

2 ай бұрын

Finally got one 😮 kzread.info/dash/bejne/iWyGrKyletyyfNo.html

Using weapons like this makes sense. Allows the use of grenade pistol, which is nice. if you went Eruptor, you wouldn't be able to use it up close and need a different secondairy, which i think evens out its utility. People see that it has this utility and automatically call for nerfs. Now if senetor was a bit better, it would even out the light armor pen weapons.

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Right - the more niche primaries can be paired with a more general purpose support weapon or sidearm, and vice versa. More interesting than having set roles for each weapon class (primary/secondary/support). The Senator is great now though! Can fill in that anti-medium role now, even for bugs, especially with the new speedloader reload.

@Raven5431

2 ай бұрын

@newspiked7385 nice, I'll have to give the senator a revisit.

how would you compare the dominator to the adjudicator in this sort of use?

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Honestly haven't used the Dominator much vs Bugs, so I'll have to try it out more. I do think the Adjudicator is a little more flexible in that it can be used vs mediums and smalls as well, with its larger magazine and snappier aim, but that's not so important when you're pairing it with the Stalwart.

The 500 really needs a buff to its hit box

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

It's still a strong strat now, but yeah just a small tweak would go a long way

With the new marksman rifle, can we get another solo stealth automaton gameplay?

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Definitely will be trying it out vs the bots :)

I hope they make a plasma MG

what cape is that??

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

The name escapes me, but it's from the Explosive Warbond!

I laso run the same build, but if there are the armored spewers then it takes too long time to kill them with the adjudicator... I will be testing the heavy with extra ammo strategem

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

It's not too bad I find, just a lot of dodging to do but once they've spit, half a mag is enough to kill one. Maybe Dominator / Scorcher / Plasma Punisher would be faster though.

What's the cheat code to stop chargers being every 5th enemy you encounter? 😂

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Just sub them in for Stalkers, ez :P

When will these bugs learn, oh right they can’t!

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

*Frankly, I find the idea of a bug that thinks offensive.*

so you usually run medium armor?

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Yup! At least if I'm trying for a deathless run on bugs, good balance between speed and survivability. If you run the shield backpack then light armour is nice. Heavies are good for Bots

@nihallo

2 ай бұрын

@@newspiked7385 i really like your style with the machine gun cleaning up. i am using 500 kg, rail canon and the gas now. Trying out difference between dominator and i guess the adjudicator after this vid haha. need to get good with the big bug killing lol

Would you ever make a discord for like-minded helldivers?

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

I keep forgetting to include the link to Warrior's discord, that's where I usually hang out - added it to the description!

@ghostly2741

2 ай бұрын

@@newspiked7385 I joined! Maybe I'll catch you in a helldive!

Bro you should do a pulverizer build

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

You mean the Pummeler? Already did one, check the playlist!

17:03 looks like solo is easier. Every bug breach when I play in a 4 man team there are at least 2 bile titans and 3 chargers that come out.

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

The amount that comes out per bug breach is less, yeah, but you also have 1/4 of the firepower so it evens out - even less if you consider support drops can be shared. They also messed up the patrol rate scaling, so instead of changing the solo patrol rate from 1/6 to 1/4 of the full team spawn rate, it's actually 100%. All-in-all, it's still harder to solo, unless your teammates are literally useless.

Nice to see the 500kg is still garbage. Idk why it's range hasn't been buffed yet.

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

Still the most reliable stratagem at killing a titan, just need to bait the titan correctly and get it to stop at the bomb. The bigger you make the radius, the easier you'll make it to kill yourself too :P

I still find no use for the Adjudicator 😅 It´s still to low armor penetrating against mediums. With one mag you often don`t get the kills of 2 warriors. With the stalwart you tip the button and they are gone... I dont see any sensefull loadout for the bugs with the Adjudicator.

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

You really notice the difference with Brood Commanders, Hiveguards, and Bile Spewers (with the armoured mouths). In a single mag you can take out 2 of them, Stalwart takes much longer. Main thing is you have to land headshots, otherwise it's more like 1 mag per kill.

What is was that on 5:48?.. Lol.. Titans falls from the sky like HellDivers?..

@newspiked7385

2 ай бұрын

I think they made a game about that...