Helldivers 2 Has Just Accidentally Made the Fire Loadout the One True Meta (Terminids)

This videos to bring awareness to the situation, not to create outrage, let's be respectful to the devs ❤️

I've been using flamethrower since the update. Not because it is meta, but because the flames look cool when I'm on stims. No I'm not addicted to stims. I can quit any time.

I hope they don't think of creating a fireproof type of beetles...

I ascribe to the caveman principle: Bug bad. Fire hot. Look cool. Bug gone. Fire good.

A little stupid that the flamethrower is a better heavy killer than the specialized heavy killer weapons

Quasar still has long range utility with no ammo concerns or backpack reliance. In calmer moments I can use it to snipe Sporeshrooms, Shrieker nests, bug holes, and automaton buildings if the angle is right.

the antitanks actually can oneshot their leg armor plates, you just need to give them momentum. They falloff by one damage which removes their breakpoint to kill the plate, but if youre moving forward your velocity offsets the falloff and they can once again strip the leg plates. TLDR hold w when shooting the rocket at the leg plates and itl break it

I’m seeing more chargers, not less. They’re spawning in pairs. You can easily end up with 4 chargers right after diving.

I think they forgot to reduce the number of chargers per patrol when replacing them with behemoth version. I saw 3 behemoth and 1 charger in single patrol

Really hope fire damage does not get nerf. For someone like me who isn't very good- it's the only way I can take on the bugs head on.

“We hear you, now we have reduced fire damage by 75%”

Moving forward cancels out damage fall-off, which is usually at least 1 even at those relatively close ranges. It's strange, I know.

Arrowhead: "we don't want to make a meta, everything should be fun and viable" Also Arrowhead: "so you basically need a way to kill 50+ behemoth chargers at the same time cause you know, we're Arrowhead"

A wise man once asked, "How do you like your zerg, regular or extra crispy?" One the one hand, fire is still riding high on all the buffs it generally got while they appeared to be not understanding that it wasn't being used because it didn't work for anyone but hosts. On the other, I think it mostly marks the point other things need to be buffed too rather than deserving a nerf. The better non-fire options are already up there with or even better than fire, at least situationally. Basically the apparent desire by the old balance team to make the game high ttk canceled out with their misunderstanding of why nobody was using fire and they accidentally landed it in a fairly good spot that other under performing stuff should aim for. Also the charger behemoth is a mistake and it is fucking up the bug meta. The flamethrower is the only viable bug support weapon.

I personally think that there are more chargers now but ok 😅

The gas orbital is also fantastic. Just drop it on a bug breach every time it comes off cooldown and watch the kills stack!

I'm a little sad the incendiary breaker is now top of the charts because the playstyle isn't the most fun. But hey, peppering enemies and watching them die works super well.

This has been my favorite load out for a while, and I am both excited and concerned that it’s soo good now

*Only if +25% fire damage Ship Module is unlocked.

And there are leaks suggesting the next warbond is fire themed.