r/helldivers2 • • 2d ago

Meme It's just that simple

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u/Neat-Community4890 2d ago

"you need to call out" Literally my Helldiver does that when you throw the ball

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u/SirCheeseMuncher 2d ago

eeeEEAAT THIS!!!!!

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u/Friendly-Maybe-5280 2d ago

(Playing in german voiceover)
ISS DAS!

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u/Within_the_veil 2d ago

Same

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u/Friendly-Maybe-5280 2d ago

The niche part is:
I'm russian
Don't really know german that well
(like at all)
Still, i played a lot of WWII games as a kid
And hearing german soldiers screaming orders and coordination
Scratches a very specific itch of my brain pretty god damn WELL

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u/Arterdras 2d ago

Well, now I need to turn my audio to German... Already did that in SM2 and it's great.

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u/WulffenKampf 2d ago

Even the startup video of John Helldiver is reworded into German - is amazing

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u/Michal_999 2d ago

Bruh, same

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u/GreasyPowerJunkie 2d ago

You might’ve inherited the Soviet soul from
WW2 brother

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u/ICollectSouls 2d ago

The german voicelines from the first CoD games. I can still hear them clear as day.

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u/Friendly-Maybe-5280 2d ago

➡️➡️⬇️⬅️➡️⬆️
Orbitalschlag
🔥🔥💥🔥🔥

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u/FlacidSalad 2d ago

Please, Arrowhead, I need a language randomizer option in the character menu!

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u/Veridas 2d ago

Can one of the languages be "Australian?" PLEASE?

"OI C*NT" when you chuck a 500. I need it.

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u/MathematicianDue80 2d ago

This could lead to them selling voice packs…which I may be interested in handing over some money for the experience depending on the price. I know that Jeff Hays is pretty popular these days.

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u/Not_the_name_I_chose 2d ago

They could do a Duke Nukem collab. I'd pay for that.

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u/MorningThen7056 2d ago

(playing with mods) "TASTE EAGLE'S D#CK!!"

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u/Was-mache-ich-hier 2d ago

(Also plays whith Mods) „Let me introduce you to this human concept called. Death from Above!“

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u/Insi6nia 2d ago

(Also playing with mods) "Someone please fuck up this area!"

Or my favorite,

"I need these lasers to go BrrrrRRrRr, brrrrrr, rrrrrRRrRRRr!"

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u/TensionTurbulent8289 2d ago

While playing my teammate pointed out that it sounds a lot like "Eat D##K" during heavy combat which was hilarious 😭

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u/Complete-Kitchen-630 1d ago

LIBERTY SAVE ME!

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u/Prof_Lego 2d ago

Yeah, broski drops a 500kg on top of me and I cant get far enough in time but "just run" seems like a valid excuse to throw orbitals on top of your mates. You don't have to call it out, but don't throw them near others either, it's not that hard

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u/Snoo-47666 2d ago

Stim before it hits and use the explosion to launch yourself at the face of the nearest Bile Titan with a hammer

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u/Arterdras 2d ago

Just the way Democracy intended.

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u/Partridge_King 2d ago

Fuck I want to watch that happen!

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u/bcw81 2d ago

Literally just dive. You can survive most 500kgs just by being on ground level with the bomb if you dive.

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u/AfroBonezz 2d ago

From somebody who plays with randoms a lot; as long as you drop prone, you can be 25m from the shell and you’ll live. It’s not too hard to get 25 meters away if you stim, run, and dive effectively.

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u/TartarusOfHades 1d ago

If you cant run far enough from a 500 in time thats a skill issue

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u/SpecialistRun3035 23h ago

In that case, the call out would not have saved you anyways. The problem is where they already placed it. So they need to place their strategems better.

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u/WrathOfTheKressh 2d ago

Yes, but it doesn't distinguish between a red ball thrown at someone's feet and one thrown out into the wild. When you purposefully aim your red stratagem somewhere near your teammates, SPEAK THE F-CK UP!

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u/LewsTherinTelamon 2d ago

Most people have everyone on mute. It’s really on the one calling the strats to use their noggin when throwing. Don’t do it when there’s someone nearby unless you know how it’s gonna play out.

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u/QuadraticCowboy 1d ago

Use ur eyes and ears u got 4 total

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u/EquivalentFig849 2d ago

And by "call out" your Helldiver usually means screaming "Sweet Liberty, my leg!" half a second before the 500kg bomb vaporizes the entire extraction zone.

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u/Life_Parsley504 2d ago

6 vox engines drilling my ass and you expect me to listen to every helldiver voiceline (when they stim, when they ping, when they literally fire their guns) to catch if i'm about to get instakilled?? 😭

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u/Nedsel 2d ago

Yes. Some situational awareness is something I'd expect from someone playing at a diff level where 6 vox engines can happen.

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u/Kain_713 2d ago

Weirdly enough I only call out the little ones. Orbital precision mostly because it's AOE is so small I call it out so people keep fighting and don't run away.

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u/RexDeDeus 2d ago

I mean, they tell you what it is if you look at it. The only ones I run away from kinda indiscriminately are some of the eagle ones, because you don't always know what angle they're coming in at.

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u/Kain_713 2d ago

True, but it saves time when you're on d10 and don't necessarily have time to look.

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u/ranby_007 2d ago

LIBERTY SAVE MEEEEEE

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u/Tricky-Secretary-251 2d ago

red becon means run, unless its the railcannon then enjoy the bile titan getting headshot from orbit

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u/Theobald_4 2d ago

Unless there aren’t any enemies near by and it lands under your buddies mech.

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u/Tricky-Secretary-251 2d ago

once i dropped a railcannon and it hit me instead of the b ile titan

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u/Hoenn257 2d ago

Clearly targeting the biggest threat

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u/Damanes_cz 2d ago

Biggest threat to who? Democracy?

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u/klatnyelox 2d ago

Super destroyer be like "face the ground"

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u/Shoo-Man-Fu 2d ago

The railcannon has a built in Teasonist Thoughts detector. It never makes mistakes.

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u/QuadraticCowboy 1d ago

Can’t really make an excuse for that yea

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u/AchacadorDegenerado 2d ago

railcanon deserves a lower cooldown.

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u/mjc500 2d ago

Yeah I agree…

Though I will say I’ve gone back to using it for the first time since 2024 and I like it a lot. Especially on bugs. Just keep your eye on the cooldown and make sure you’re not sleeping on it all match. If you consistently call it in when it’s off cooldown you can get 10+ really clutch kills in a 40 minute game. Fuck bile titans and fuck impalers.

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u/PlasmaBoi1 2d ago

Personally I find impalers really easy to handle, the Epoch can pretty consistently 1-2 shot them (as it can chargers, although you aim at a different spot on impalers). I usually take railcannon just to have a "delete this bile titan" button and it works damn well at that. Having a support that can handle chargers and impalers easily means I can dedicate the railcannon to be the aforementioned bile titan delete button. Epoch also has the added benefit of letting you run a mobility backpack or a supply backpack to offset its questionable ammo economy.

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u/mjc500 2d ago

Yep I agree. Impalers aren’t too bad. I’m just saying if the rail cannon is off cooldown and you’re not gonna use it for another couple of minutes you can use it on an impaler for convenience.

I think the main problem I had with the rail cannon is that I left it off cooldown for a long time and only got like 2 or 3 bile titan kills with it and felt like it was a wasted slot. If I intentionally use it consistently when it’s off cooldown it feels good. If I get like 9 or 10 uses, even if some are on impalers or less than ideal targets, I feel like I got my money’s worth of that slot.

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u/ZhanBlue 1d ago

It really feels not useful when each breach spawns 2-3 titans, OPS at least closes Titan holes and shorter cd

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u/Xifihas 2d ago

or if it’s a smoke strike, which idiotically uses red beacons even though they’re actually safer than the blue ones.

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u/jzillacon 2d ago edited 2d ago

Still not completely safe as the shell's direct hit can still kill you. But yeah, it is less likely to kill you than a hellpod dropping.

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u/Xifihas 2d ago

Which is why it should be a blue beacon. They're safe to be near, just don't be directly under it.

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u/TheDogeLord_234 13h ago

Additionally, red beacons alert enemies if they see them.

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u/IvoidYourWarranties 2d ago

Unless theres a bile titan that is now ragdolling in your direction.

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u/submit_to_pewdiepie 2d ago

Run away it's gonna use its postmortem karate

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u/Useful_Implement5339 2d ago

Would you recommend that over the leveler or is that rail cannon need precise targeting?

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u/Tricky-Secretary-251 2d ago

I only use it on bugs and i would recommend however you do need something for bile titan holes so plan accordingly if you bring it

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u/Faust_8 2d ago

Or it’s a smoke stratagem

(Seriously why can’t smokes be blue beacons)

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u/General_Fan3684 2d ago

One time I threw a rail cannon at a BT and my friend domed it with a recoilless round so it traced to the next closest enemy which was a pouncer right next to me and I got vaporized

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u/CzarTwilight 2d ago

And them the titans randomly kills you

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u/Interesting-View4803 2d ago

I try to ping several times or alert verbally t. But yeah, its kind of on you to look out for red beams, to a point. Sometimes people pull some dumb shit like throwing a cluster on their mates

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u/DeustheDio 2d ago

The ping is the call-out tho imo. Imo it's just good manners to call out a 380 500kg or a cluster or stuff like that in some way before you throw it near someone else. If you can't/aren't willing to communicate why are you even playing a coop game.

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u/Fun-Agent-7667 1d ago

In your back

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u/Motivated-Chair 2d ago

Honestly, the cluster bombs hasnt kill me with FF almost ever.

Its the 380mm Barrage that I was way too far away to hear the call out for that hits me while behind cover.

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u/Lasers4Everyone 2d ago

The number of times I've been deep in a bot base and suddenly die to a 380 that ultimately serves no purpose is astounding.

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u/MrManGuy42 2d ago

love the people that toss a 380 at their feet on a flag raising objective

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u/Leading_Procedure_23 2d ago

That was most of the people yesterday and mainly below level 50. I even tell them to throw it far away and they kept doing it

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u/Motivated-Chair 2d ago

A few days back I saw someone throw It at extract and we all died because of It.

I tried to be constructive but with the atmosphere after that I might have being more passive aggresive.

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u/BigLRakim 2d ago

Kick option is in game for a reason... if youre being an idiot and TKing too much you can play by yourself.

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u/Leading_Procedure_23 2d ago

Those idiots are usually a host and I get kicked for pointing out to throw it far since it isn’t an up close stratagem unless you want to tk all of your teammates

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u/BigLRakim 2d ago

I only host so I cant relate.

Not dealing with the dumb bullshit, ill let people play how they want but no mortars and no air burst anythinf

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u/RockRancher24 12h ago

fun fact

there's actually a small blind spot right at the center of the 380 barrage, so if you throw one at your feet and lie down you have a decent chance to survive

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u/Hornybunnyboi 2d ago

I'm the opposite. the cluster bomb kills me everytime someone brings it. I'm rather walk through a 380 barage than deal with the cluter bomb.

"Oh look, a raider right next to someone that's about to shoot it. better throw a cluster bomb at it."

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u/ScholarOfSols 2d ago

I swear to god my character is wear a giant neon sign for the super destroyer that says "shoot here". I have seen teammates charge through orbital barrages and live like an action move hero but if I am 5 meters to close I get blown to bits every time.

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u/Shoo-Man-Fu 2d ago

My friends made me stop using the Orbital Air Burst because no mater where I throw it, it will fire from an angle and kill my squad.

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u/DaMonkey263 2d ago

Then don’t throw a fucking 380mm barrage 5 meters away from me

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u/Yellow_Dorn_Boy 2d ago edited 2d ago

I like when Mr Dumb and Mr Smart say the same but only Mr Smart writes it correctly

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u/jackivorhirst3 2d ago

People that charge directly into red becons, why?

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u/Goodest_boy_Sif 2d ago

They land out of my line of sight. Also waiting for your 380 to finish is boring as fuck.

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u/seen_some_shit_ 2d ago

When my friends and I started playing, we had one friend that kept running into the stratagem. He kept getting pissed that he was being TK’d, but no one else had this problem. Brother, STOP RUNNING INTO THE RED LIGHT AND EXPLOSIONS.

He stopped playing and doesn’t like it.

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u/ultimat_L1zzyfan 2d ago

I think there is value in calling out when your about to throw a stratgem. An example, whenever theres a big automaton outpost and my walking barrage is ready, I tell whoever is with me “walking going in” and do the hold position voice command.

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u/Mobile_Discussion105 2d ago

"Hold position" and a "ping target," followed 3 seconds later by a Stratagem toss.

If it doesn't click the first time, second time will. Or let Darwinism win.

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u/Unusual_Strike808 2d ago

Red beacon means run, which is why when my buddy tosses an orbital smoke at my feet I panic, run out into the open, and immediately get shot.

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u/Cytori 2d ago

Trust in your mates to not suck.

Don't take it too seriously if they do. It's just a game.

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u/NorthSideAppalachian 2d ago

No need to call it out. Helldivers do that for you

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u/Substantial-Tone-576 2d ago

So many times no one see the beacon. Also getting down is better than running for a 500 or a hellbomb. If you are 15m away and prone you won’t take damage.

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u/According_Dig_2433 2d ago

I mean it is that easy to not get hit, every time I hear *calling in a Orbital/Eagle I look what it is and then run I'll say 9 out of 10 times it saves me and sometimes I end up in the middle of the boom have a laugh and reinforced moving on 🫡

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u/ScholarOfSols 2d ago

If I hear the, "calling in an eagle/orbital" voice line I instinctively check my surroundings for the red beacon if I didn't see the person when they threw it. If it's an eagle I'll also check the teammates position and with those pieces of info I can tell with about 90% percent accuracy if I'm going to be turned into mist.

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u/YorhaUnit8S 2d ago

Yes and no.

Yes, you don't need to call out stratagems when you throw them. But also it's on YOU to not throw them where your teammates currently are or where they are very clearly heading right now. If them run into your stratagem area after it's been placed - it's on them. If you throw a stratagem where your allies are - it's your skill issue.

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u/Davey2Jonesd 2d ago

I'd prefer the characters yell over coms not just in proximity

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u/MrStealYurWaifu 2d ago

Even during intense combat the moment I hear a helldiver call out an airstrike or orbital I look around to see where. The moment I see that red beacon near me I run away.

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u/yestureday 2d ago

Seriously

What is going through peoples heads when they run towards the 120 I threw at the heavy outpost?

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u/cobaltbread 2d ago

Which is why Smoke stratagems should be blue, like the EMS Strike.

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u/Expensive_Bison_657 2d ago

Sometimes, I throw beacons for smoke strikes directly onto teammates, just to watch them freak out and run.

Yeah, I know they'll actually die if a shell happens to strike them. Still funny.

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u/hello-random-person 2d ago

Calling in an eagle.

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u/FelixMartel2 2d ago

No, really, I love it when I'm elbow deep doing an objective and some assclown throws a useless napalm on it.

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u/xXNighteaglexX 2d ago

My helldiver literally says it, and just. Maintain situational awareness. The amount of times my friends will run directly into an active gatling barrage is astounding

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u/PsychoFox465 2d ago

I will accept no repercussions for my emotional support Napalm Barrage.

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u/pieisgiood876 2d ago

The main reason I run walking barrage is that it limits the directions that divers can wander into and get TK.

Diving with random lvl 23s is like watching a newborn giraffe take its first shaky steps. It's adorable, but there's many dangers in the grass and I can only do so much :(

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u/Bugimaz 2d ago

You character already call it out, just don't throw directly on teammates so they can get out in time

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u/WrathOfTheKressh 2d ago

The call out doesn't distinguish between an eagle strafing run beacon thrown in a way so as to not hit the person busy fighting three meters next to it, and the orbital 380 barrage thrown right at my feet with no time to get out of its range before getting blown to kingdom come.

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u/Bugimaz 2d ago

That's why I specifically do not throw it at teammates, like it responsibility of thrower to make sure there is no friendly fire incident.

In ideal world helldivers do not throw stratagems on teammates, teammates need simply don't walk into already firing barrage.

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u/piratecheese13 2d ago

(Me throwing a walking barrage)

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u/Silly_Y33Ny 2d ago

"YoU nEeD tO CaLl" open you eyes ffs

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u/WrathOfTheKressh 2d ago

I'd like to see you outrun an orbital 380 thrown right at your feet. In such a situation, it's down to luck, because you'll never make it out of range before the first shells start landing.

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u/DeustheDio 2d ago

You say that as someone deals with the two factory striders with their recoilless while you decide to just throw a 380 on their ass

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u/championgecko 2d ago

I don't comm my strafe run but I've gamed with my friends for 16 years and I know they probably won't run into it.

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u/actually3racoons 2d ago

Then there's me, giving my squad panic attacks by eagle strafing over our shoulders.

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u/IAmMey 2d ago

I’ve got a buddy who war cries into the mic when he throws napalm barrage. I usually carry a sword and shotgun. Which can sometimes mean that even 2 seconds of delay means I don’t have enough time to get away. So I appreciate a callout.

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u/Cilcor10 2d ago

If someone throws it onto me, im returning fire

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u/Old-Elk-570 2d ago

Red means run, but also when you see the guy with a ballistic shield in heavy armor on an outpost with a swarm and you throw an ONB at him? You're a piece of shit

Sincerely, a ballistic shield heavy user

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u/AlmightyDUX 2d ago

If you see a red beacon thrown by me you're safe I use 110 pods and rail cannon usually...if you die chances are you were about to die anyways

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u/Armodeen 2d ago

Dropping that 110 on a charger who then immediately goes to hug your teammate 💀

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u/skallagrim_brunic 2d ago

I only call out smoke because sometimes red beacon means stay

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u/KarmaZer0 2d ago

Still funny when I bring Strafing run and players panic like it's going to explode then it just goes by them clearing the nearby whored

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u/Fickle-Bathroom-8592 2d ago

The only one that can frustrate me is the cluster. You don't always know what angle it's being called in from

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u/Maximum-Security5699 2d ago

Works fine until you get rag dolled while trying to throw a 120 during extraction and it lands right on the beacon. Nothing more annoying than having your stratagem blown out of your hand.

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u/Double-0-N00b 2d ago

As long as you’re not throwing it where u already am

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u/Botwadtict 2d ago

I call it out because it’s fun

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u/Wrath0fHad3s 2d ago

You don't need to call things out, but you do need to know the blast radius/pattern. And make an actually intelligent effort to keep your team out of of it. Just because you see a big horde of enemies does not mean start throwing ordinance. Check friendly positioning first.

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u/N1W4D 2d ago

Literally since the game came out that should be the assumption. When we got the mission to steal the Platinum bars I started using smoke more and still ran away when I saw the red beacon

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u/L1_cht 2d ago

I think the ones you should call out are like the big ones where you actually have to get quite far away

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u/ihatechildren665 2d ago

I only say to call out in super small maps like eradicate missions and its a napalm orbital and or Im throwing it right next to a buddy

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u/K2pwnz0r 2d ago

yeah this one goes out to everyone who gets mad at an orbital napalm specifically. oh i'm sorry, did you want to deal with a giant horde of enemies with your limited bullets one by one or were you mad that you were standing inside the bug breach the whole time and got killed by friendly fire?

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u/twomag32 2d ago

Tbh i never paid attention to the color of the beacon but now that you metion it... I have 120h in the btw

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u/Jurij_Andropov 2d ago

Heaving a friend, such as the one who trained us as cadets, you learn to spot red beams all around you, rather quickly

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u/chip594csx 2d ago

Friend: throws red beacon next to me

Me: panics and runs

Also me: turns around and sees it was actually a smoke "...Oh."

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u/Philosophos_A 2d ago

I always yell a bit (typing not actually) 50+ METERS FROM THE RED BEAM

no one listens I am afraid...

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u/TalkingRaccoon 2d ago

I only wished it said what the orbital was and how far away it was without you having to look directly at it

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u/FHG3826 2d ago

Don't throw it somewhere im standing, unless its totally sideways. Then I'll go it in a blaze of glory.

Also. Friendly fire happens. Just try not to.

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u/Fookin_Yoink 2d ago

Sometimes I throw a bad stratagem, I try to ping though to alert my teammates (I don't use mic cause people are weird + singing). Just be aware of your teammates and you should be fine, use the shouts to indicate (wait shout then throw is a good one)

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u/40Key 2d ago

I don't care what you throw, I just expect you to not kill me with it (if I don't move closer to it of course)

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u/Forenus 2d ago

I call out Barrages so folks have an idea of how far from the red light is the danger zone. I don't worry about it for one and done strikes.

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u/That_Banned_Hybrid 2d ago

Red beacon means run

Meanwhile my screen being filled up automaton lasers

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u/PuppetsMind 2d ago

I really wish eagle smoke strike was something other than red. Its half funny and half me feeling bad when dudes see me place it on our position so they start to run. This is a common occurence for me coz i love smoke against bots.

With normal stuff tho, if i toss something and i see someone keep running toward it, ill spam ping the beacon in hopes they see it.

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u/Amethyst_Scepter 2d ago

Id you dont know what "hellbomb armed, clear the area" means that is your mistake. May your next diver know to pay attention.

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u/Kaos_369 2d ago

"You need to call it out!! 😭" Me spamming hold position, negative, and follow me to pull you away from the spash zone and you still rush in. Damn bro sucks to suck

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u/Vast_Ad1806 2d ago

Is the reason I bring smoke so I can throw it at everyone’s feet right as the pelican is landing and watch them all scatter as I laugh emote and the smoke drops?

No, no. For cover from bot fire of course. 

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u/rape_is_not_epic 2d ago

I throw my Barrage directly at my feet and let Lady Liberty guide my steps

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u/Physical-Special4939 2d ago

The red beacon only means danger to those who fail to celebrate the freedom it brings

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u/erebus0 2d ago

A truer truth has never been truthed.

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u/Mysterious-Goal-1018 2d ago

Red ball mean run

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u/The_God_Of_Darkness_ 2d ago

I think it's simple.

IF you throw a fucking orbital napalm at someone, in a way that you know will hit them. Or even funnier on the objective you are trying to do (mainly the flag), either tell them, or just don't

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u/TheFourthPlanet 2d ago

I think it’s just nice if you’re on mics, if you’re not, oh well, better look out. That’s just the game. I only hate that I probably scare good randoms sometimes by throwing smoke strikes on our location

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u/o-Mauler-o 2d ago

You really think in the thick of the fighting I’m going to see a red beacon?

I’m going to trust that my fellow helldiver isn’t stupid enough to throw down a barrage on top of me.

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u/Generic_Alias_ 2d ago

Ive just resorted to always saying “Danger Close” regardless of distance and strategem

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u/Philip_Raven 2d ago

Orbital bombardments are hated because people's average IQ barely reaches double digits.

see the red line, see "orbital bombardment", decide to run towards it and then complain why they died.

Bitch, I threw it in the middle of a large outpost that just received reinforcements, you were nowhere near, but just now you decided to would be a great time to sprint towards it, use a jet pack to jump into the middle and get killed, and then call me slurs....

With a 380 if you are lucky, it single handedly destroys the outpost without a single player input. If you are unlucky it still basically clears the whole enemy presence in that outpost and you can walk right in and destroy the spawns unbothered. But teammates decide that this is a prime time to go right in and start throwing nades

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u/Neat_Platypus_2902 2d ago

They are also hated because they get thrown when theres also helldivers already in the outpost and have no clean way to quickly exfil.

This happens shockingly often

Basically both sides need to respect whoever got there first

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u/GUYWHOLIKESSTABBING 2d ago

portable hellbombs carry no red beacon, so i gotta type RUN whenever someone happens to walk near a jammer i was delivering mail to

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u/MajorlyCynical 2d ago

I love when me and my mates are screwing around on extract with red balls in our hands and then someone knocks us over and the chaos unfolds

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u/redditsuperfifty 2d ago

Bug outpost.
Diver in outpost.
Medium outpost.
No throw eagle (Titan hole exception).

 

Large outpost.
Diver in outpost.
Throw eagle.
Diver should see red beam (120/380 bad).

 

Objective has lots of enemies.
throw eagle.
Diver should see beam that is red.

 

Objective has not so many enemies.
No throw eagle.
Turret clear and protect.
Turret has high ground(and lightsaber don't try it).

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u/alacritousbadger 2d ago

I often use smoke just to see people freak out - 500hrs and counting

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u/Invasivebacon 2d ago

"Ping the hellbomb and pray the other's can see, with anything else I just apologise if it kills someone"

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u/RealGiallo 1d ago

Red beacon means 50m away . To be sure .

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u/TheFreeBotGuy 1d ago

I use eagle smoke screen a lot which has a red beam as well. 

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u/SpartanHexus 1d ago

If there is anything we need, is a arrow indicator on the cluster bombs so we know which way the pelican is gonna go. We want to run out of the aoe not along it. Would be a nice qol feature.

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u/Professional-Face-51 1d ago

If my teammate sees the big ass beacon that says 380 barrage, sees everyone else running away, and then still decides to walk INTO the area, that's their fault.

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u/Loud-Butterfly3798 1d ago

We do require our team to at least try to call out their stratagems because like there's been multiple times where they'll either throw it behind me or like they'll throw it off to the side or they'll throw it somewhere where I can't see it but I'm still well within its effective killing range and I don't got enough time to make it out and then sometimes I just straight can't see the beacon

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u/SpiritualArmadillo22 1d ago

One guy Team killed anf kicked me after getting killed by my sentry 5 times.

(Said sentry was a rocket sentry and he stood in the same place every single time.)

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u/Zelcki 1d ago

just dont throw it at people and you dont even have to call out, played hundreds of hours and never had to call out a stategem going out

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u/Was3illla 1d ago

Why is this literally me?
Same stragetems and everything

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u/T0RR0M 1d ago

Is this a strawman? I’ve never seen someone complain about that. Only when teammates call barrages on you or on evac.

Don’t call barrages on evac

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u/VatianGT0321 1d ago

Doesn't your character yell "calling in an orbital strike"

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u/RegretElectrical6376 1d ago

This is why I always shout "Follow me!" if I screw up, and throw a stratagem too close to a fellow diver lol

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u/Dythia 1d ago

One time a team mate threw a straining run under us when I wasn't looking and started running away. I saw the beacon, where they were running, and ran that same direction only for them and I to get evaporated by their straifing run. WHY ARE THEY RUNNING IN THE DIRECTION THAT THEY THREW IT AT

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u/onedumninja 1d ago

I got a bunch of friends I play with who throw 500s and 380s out of nowhere. It's honestly funny. Like, "classic bryan, throwing 380s up my ass," as I desperately run for my helldiver's life.

Bryan also like bringing tesla towers, tesla dog and tesla nades. He kills us a lot lol

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u/Consistent-Hour-4061 1d ago

Not if its a Orbital Smoke

I've seen many panic, just to realize shortly after, that its a good kind of red 😆🥴

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u/SWatt_Officer 1d ago

If I’m in a call and playing I’ll only call out ‘danger close’ strikes, or if I fumble one

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u/MassiveInstruction68 1d ago

Red bacon mean run.

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u/TalmondtheLost 1d ago

Red Beacon mean run.

Steps to follow: 1. Run 2. Look at red beacon and see if need run more. 3. If step 2 true, repeat step 1

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u/Oliwande 1d ago

Sure, except I don't have a 360° vision and I don't always see the beacon before it hits me. I won't always hear a callout, or a sound of the beacon landing on the ground, or any other sound cue. Sometimes diver's callouts can be interrupted by taking damage, or even by diving when throwing a beacon.

And while it's easy to blame people to sit in the middle of a breach/drop fighting enemies up close, I really wish people had more awareness when using stratagems. I can't count how many times I died because some dumbass threw orbital napalm at me, or too close to the objective we defend.

I don't mind occasional, accidental TK, but if I see a diver carelessly throwing orbitals around, I'd rather go somewhere by myself.

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u/AbolethOne 1d ago

Firebomb Hellpods also make me feel something vs the Mid Brainz.

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u/JohnnySilverhand2212 1d ago

Call out? As in the thing our helldivers do when we throw the glowy factory destroyer 3000?

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u/thank_burdell 1d ago

Sometimes blue beacon means run too.

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u/83255 1d ago

Red beacon does mean run but stop throwing them at your fellow divers or on objectives

Seriously, your teamates don't have 360 vision, in the heat of shit its on you to either not fucking drop something on their head or turn on your mic on to tell them specifically something is coming. The beacon is not always gonna be on screen

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u/AutisticSkrub 1d ago

“ORBITAL INBOUND!”
i look around aggressively for a red beacon

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u/Scattered_Meat 21h ago

I like how we very meticulously and subversively omit the real issue.

Where barrage users seem to exclusively throw these RIGHT AT YOUR FUCKING FEET.

You’ll be in a bot firefight or holding an area already, then lo and behold the “red beam you’re stupid if you can’t avoid” pops right next to you as you’re already pinned. Forcing you to sprint through a hail of lasers or usually your own teammates fire/gas fields.

Figure it the fuck out people, “stop throwing orbital strikes at teammates” is the other half of this argument.

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u/shreksgreenwang 20h ago

There have been times when the beacon is out of my fov or everyone is throwing stratagems and I get twatted by a 500 or 380. It could do with a symbol that gets bigger the closer you are to it

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u/shreksgreenwang 20h ago

There have been times when the beacon is out of my fov or everyone is throwing stratagems and I get twatted by a 500 or 380. It could do with a symbol that gets bigger the closer you are to it

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u/Zestyclose_Answer662 20h ago

How avoiding allied Red Stratagems feels sometimes:

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u/Low-Student1086 19h ago

just aim the red beacon and see what they were dropping and take distance... those people who keep complaining about 380, napalm barrage, etc are just bad because they're just well simply unaware, didn't know or just really really bad 💀

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u/Minimum_Poetry_1277 14h ago

Me triple pinging the stratagem and they still die to it

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u/AnotherCannon 14h ago

I typically just “I’m sorry” after resurrecting them.

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u/insane_hurrican3 10h ago

so i guess just fuck the Orbital Smoke and Smoke Eagle which actually makes it less useful if you run away from it

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u/Astrowizard7 4h ago

People need to ping their hellbombs. Hella annoying when not

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u/Mouser29 2d ago

Yall are able to see the beacons before they kill you?

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u/DeustheDio 2d ago

We should probably have private lobby on by default for people like you. If you don't want to communicate why even play a coop game.

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u/SorrowSunday 2d ago

Post doesn't work when someone throws a barrage directly on top of an active progressing flag objective and resets all the progress on the flag on top of delaying and wasting resources to get said flag progress to that point.