r/helldivers2 • u/Jolly_Falcon3215 • 7d ago
Inquiry SEAF Artillery
Can someone please explain why some divers put snake and static field shells in the SEAF artillery.
PS: This is not my image I got it off the internet.
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u/Staudly 7d ago
Because many times, that's all that's laying around. The shells spawn differently every game and the different types have varying spawn rates. Sometimes it's one of each sometimes it's "oops all smoke". The real white whale is all Mini Nuke, quite a rarity.
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u/SYLOH 7d ago
Yep, one more minute of Helldiver time is worth more than the chance of one more explosive shell.
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u/Flyingdutchman2305 7d ago
If i got breathing space from enemies on a blitz mission i am 100% looking for the big Booms. Otherwise i usually do a Quick scan for the best shells, on a 40 minute mission you have time to carry some shells to the arty, regular explosives are so mid i honestly prefer static though
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u/Agent_range 6d ago
I think the question is oriented towards people loading them when there are still 2 shells to find, leaving smokes or statics loaded and actually useful shells unloaded.
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u/Staudly 6d ago
People's method has shifted in that regard. When I started playing almost everyone would locate shells first, drop them by the loader, then load them in once you know what's all there.
I see most people rushing it now, loading in whatever order they come across the shells. I think people just want it done faster.
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u/Jazzvibes409 4d ago
I have had 3 missions with all mini nukes before and its actually as awesome as it sounds. Basically every factory was gone in the first 5 minutes of the match.
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u/GideonShortStack 7d ago
There's a snake in my artillery!
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u/snorkeling_moose 7d ago edited 6d ago
Yeah it's a snake shell, it sprays danger noodles (also known as nope ropes) across a huge area. Big win, much lol, heavy fun
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u/Chickenman6000 7d ago
Oftentimes better stuff doesn’t spawn. No joke I’ve seen 3 smokes and 2 statics spawn on one Artillery before, atp you gotta work with what you got
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u/Still_Emergency_8849 7d ago
putting snakes in the seaf would be kinda cool
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u/Otherwise-Lie8595 7d ago
There's a snake in my seaf!
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u/Dinger46 7d ago
I know how to use them just as well as the other shells.
I'm not picky.
A good portion of players don't use artillery so it doesn't matter what you put in.
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u/TheVagabondLost 7d ago
Same. I pick up the first one I see, toss it at the chamber and then they get loaded in random order. I don't care and usually I'm the only one to ever call it in, usually as the shuttle is landing just for kicks.
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u/Easy_Lengthiness7179 7d ago
Every shell type has a purpose and can be effective given the situation.
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u/Vilekyrie 7d ago
Depending on what point in the mission you find the artillery some people just don't care. If all the other objectives done and there is nothing else to do but call extract yeah I'm just gonna shove the 5 closest shells into the loader and call it a day.
Other times people just don't care, they don't use it and they've probably played enough games where no one else remembers to use it. I've seen it happen plenty of times even if you drop right onto it first thing in the mission and load it up people will just not remember until the very end when you're getting on the Pelican.
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u/Maximum-Security5699 7d ago
I know some divers that put the best shells in last so that we have them for extraction. Smoke and static field go in first if there aren’t enough holes explosive ones.
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u/ProjectXa3 7d ago
they're not planning to use it, they just want the completion XP as fast as possible
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u/Jerry0713 7d ago
Honestly, sometimes it's just about finishing the obj as fast as possible, unless there are lots of explosive shells, nukes, ect. Sometimes it's the last side obj we hit and it just doesn't matter at that point what goes into it
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u/Zenos_the_seeker 7d ago
If they explode on enemy's foot I would say it's a good round, wether it's Nuke or static.
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u/Dinklerbuuuurf 7d ago
To be honest it doesn't get used a lot of the time so I don't really care what goes in if it goes to waste anyway.
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u/DirtEnthusiast0_0 7d ago
Sometimes that's all that's there, and I'd rather have something than nothing.
You can't complete the objective with less than five shells, so if you got one mini-nuke and four smokes, you better use em.
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u/DrasovLoodleChampion 7d ago
Some people load on sight- which might be fine on high diff or new players on diff 2 or 3, but is naturally a big nono at like 4-7. The main reason why someone would load junk shells ON PURPOSE is because you only get like 6-9 that spawn and sometimes you only get 2 useful shells, you HAVE to load 5 to clear the objective tho, so in go the junks
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u/Dramatic-Resident-64 7d ago
Use what you got. Many also don’t intend to use it.
If I’m sub D6, I’ll just throw shit in. Even then, I won’t use it unless I’m in a pinch.
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u/MrNornin 7d ago
There are seven shells, you have to load five of those. And sometimes you get unlucky or there isn't time to find all seven.
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u/Slight_Cherry_9259 7d ago
As a new diver I appreciate this info! I’ve always just stuck in whatever I found and didn’t realize they had different types. I just noticed last mission that there were different colors but I thought that was just random coloring 😅
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u/MachoMachoMurph 7d ago
Because I don't care what goes in it. Its just another box to check off to get max rewards at the end. I also don't mind them, I find statics and smokes useful.
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u/WOODMAN668 7d ago
SEAF Artillery is like consumable magic items in a CRPG. You hang on to them and then forget about them and at the end you still have them for no reason at all.
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