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Time to dust off the old team killer (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by jballs to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

There was a point where I used the guard dog, when I unocked the bubble shield it was rough not knowing when there were bugs behind you. That was the hardest part of transitioning. Most people on harder difficulties like suicide and above don't use the guard dog but I have been playing with my wife lately on lower difficulties and HOLY SHIT the friendly fire is absurd. I didn't even realize it before. If you want to run off on your own, go ahead, use the guard dog. But if I play with someone using the guard dog I will just run off and do side objectives.

The few times I have ran without the shield I have learned how much I rely on it. You don't realize how often you ignore the small bugs for a few seconds to get a shot off or a strike on a titan or charger. Suddenly the first hit from a hunter has you staggered and poisoned. You don't have that warning hit so you can finish what your doing and evade with your sidearm.

[–] jballs 3 points 7 months ago

I play on suicides and love me some Rover against the bugs. It clears so much of the little guys that it allows you focus most of your attention on chargers and brood commanders. But yeah at lower levels it's crazy OP because it can kill everything. I was teaching the game to some friends a couple weeks ago and at anything lower than hard you can basically just have the Rover murder everything (teammates included).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I don't really mind people using the guard dog, since it does so little damage to team members. I only play on helldiver difficulty, so imo it's just hindering, simce you can't sneak past guards and you'll always alert everything that you pass.
Fully agree on the shield, i used it for a bit but realized how much i'm depending on it. Now i play with light armor and a jetpack if i don't have. Backpack support weapon, and it's so much better for survivability, just a bit harder to get used to. Hunters used to be the bane of my existence, but turns out when you can outrun them, they are less of a problem.