In Helldivers 2 there are currently two enemy factions. The Termites, also known as bugs, and the Automatons, or robots. Now the community is really angry at the Automatons because they are better than humans.
Which enemy is annoying? In a Reddit post, a player shared his experience from Helldivers 2. In it, he was taken out by a rocket from a robot. The curious thing: He couldn’t see the robot due to the bad weather conditions.
The robots seem to be able to see the players despite the bad weather, at least when they shoot their rockets. Some of the robots are so powerful that they can kill players with a rocket if they don’t dodge. A heated debate emerged in the post about the robots and their balancing shortly after.
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Bug or missing skill? The Helldivers 2 community is arguing
Why is the community arguing? The community is divided. The majority says under the Reddit post that the rocket ability of the “Rocket Devastators” robots is bugged. If you throw a smoke grenade at the robots, the lasers would hit randomly, but the rockets would always hit their target.
Hexdoctor writes: “[…] You can observe this with smoke grenades. Attack a Rocket Devastator and then use smoke to blind them. They will fire their laser randomly in your general direction and miss about ~95% of their shots, but the rockets will be perfectly aimed.”
The problem seems to only affect a certain type of enemy. Bluenosedcoop writes: “Hard to hit something you can’t see, but that can see and track you through everything.”
Users also frequently report issues that rockets are deadly even when hiding behind cover. However, we could not verify this.
What do other players say? Some believe, however, that most players do not understand how to play against the robots. Unlike the bugs, you really have to take cover and try not to get hit.
Kadge11 writes: “Yes, the rocket is deadly, but brother, you stood there three times and begged it to kill you, what the hell.”
However, the criticism towards the thread starter quickly became insulting, which ultimately led him to delete his account on Reddit. We stand against hate on the internet, you can find our statement against it here.
“It’s not fair that bots can see you through an ion storm”
What do players say about the balancing? The top comment under the post on Reddit comes from Basic-Focus2164, who writes: “Damn Rocket Devastators. The only way to protect yourself is the shield backpack, cover, and explosive protection armor.”
WestLUL also finds the enemies unfair: “The enemies have to share the visibility impediment with Helldivers, it’s not fair that bots aren’t affected by the ion storm and can see you through the fog on Draupnir when you can’t see five feet ahead.”
The user CandidGeologist1523 writes: “And yet there are actually people out there who say bugs are harder than bots.” Under his post, there are some dissenting voices who still prefer the robots.
One example is zarjin1234, who writes: “Bots are at least easier for me. I can take out most bots, even hulks, with two shots without having to worry about a rush of trash mobs. At the moment, however, I don’t have the gear to properly deal with Chargers or Titans.”
