The subsequent Helldivers 2 warbond goes superscience sicko mode with a seven-barreled assault rifle, a plasma cannon, and a wormhole-generating backpack that allows you to warp across the battlefield
After spending months within the subject utilizing Helldivers 2’s explosive crossbows, lightning-throwers, and orbital railguns, “reserved” isn’t a phrase I might suppose to make use of to explain the armaments of the Tremendous Earth navy. And but, after seeing the sheer quantity of nonsense tech packed into the following HD2 warbond, Management Group, I can not assist however really feel like Tremendous Earth R&D has been holding again.
Primarily based on a weblog publish detailing the following batch of Helldiver battle goodies, it appears like Arrowhead’s stated “screw it” and is disabling no matter limiters it nonetheless had lively on its scifi weapon absurdity. As proof, take into account the VG-70 Variable, the warbond’s new, seven-barreled major weapon that is much less assault rifle than it’s gatling gun.
Whereas it is geared up with the total auto you’d anticipate, the VG-70’s additionally bought two different firing modes to select from. There’s the “volley” mode, which places all seven barrels to good use by firing simultaneous photographs from every of them. After which there’s the “complete” mode, which merely expends all its remaining ammo instantly for a second of singularly devastating, medically inadvisable firepower.
Within the Management Group warbond trailer linked above, you’ll be able to see the pressure of that exact tactical gambit knocking the Helldiver totally off their ft as they hearth it. To the VG-70’s credit score, it does instantly decommission an automaton hulk within the course of, so you’ll be able to’t say it is not efficient.
Additionally on provide is a brand new arc grenade that dishes out chain lightning because it bounces, a stationary laser sentry stratagem that may apparently explode if it is pressured to fireplace repeatedly for lengthy sufficient that it critically overheats, and a plasma cannon assist weapon that—you guessed it—will detonate when you overcharge it.
Not like the present railgun assist weapon, it does not have a secure mode to stop stated overcharging. Better of luck.
The warbond’s pièce de résistance, when you’ll pardon my Tremendous French, is the LIFT-182 Warp Pack, a brand new backpack stratagem that may “generate a (considerably) steady wormhole on demand,” permitting the person to warp soar across the battlefield. Arrowhead notes that, when you can warp with out cooldown, every soar will pressure the wormhole, “and the wearer might expertise demise ought to the singularity totally collapse.”
However hey, in case you are squelched into an infinitely-dense particle because of your wanton abuse of the material of spacetime, you’ll be able to at the least look cool doing it with one of many warbond’s two new armor units. And every one has a brand new Adreno-Defibrillator passive means that’ll revive you to full well being as soon as per deployment!
Sadly, you will frequently lose well being after you are revived. Life’s about give and take.
The Management Group warbond will hit Helldivers 2 on July 17.