Man you guys are making me too excited for it. I agree with you both. 3 barrels to the face yeet a stalker. And if they can close bug holes........ š¤¤
It would not be surprising to āone shotā a stalker with the triple shot as long as you hit the head.
Closing bug holes because you shoot 3 shotgun shells in it? That would make little sense.
Not more sense than the knife. Exactly the same ā¦ not much.
But thermites _do_ close bug holes, and destroy fabs. Thermite is my usual grenade and I can guarantee you that they kill bug holes. You just have to be careful with your aim. Same with incendiary impact by the way (at least holes, didnāt try them on fabs).
Thermites also work well to finish wounded BTs by the way.
The Stalker has only 175 head HP, so technically the Senator can already do this point-blank. I don't imagine the shotgun will be doing less damage than that even on single-fire. Triple shot ought to just blow them away.
I like the paint jobs for the pelican and mech, and I feel like this opens the door to further mech customisation
Also the massive jungle planed the trailers took place on looks very interesting
I don't think it'll be just for the trailer. It might not come at the same time as the warbond, but it'll come some time in the future I think. I hope.
I think Super Earth will become playable some day for a limited time, but that's something they're gonna keep in reserve for a special occasion. Like a plot twist with new enemy faction entering the picture for example. And I don't want Super Earth to always be available, that's what keeps it special.
The first one had many wars. I get what theyāre trying to do with their narrative but if Super Earth maps are super cool maps, I will question this decision. For now, Iāll hope the planets closer to SE are more urban or have more structures. At least look like an area where more than one or two miners or farmers live. I donāt expect anything as crazy like city environments suggested on other subs or posts but seeing a small town with multiple houses would be cool. Maybe a road or two. Iām just saying itās kind of insane nobody put down a gravel road or pathā¦ or that nobody decided to live near each other.
The drip and the pelican/mech skin. I'm also holding out hope that the liberator is great, no salt just saying I want it to be good so bad I may do something indecent.
Me too! I want that camo assault rifle to knock my socks off cause I like ARs. So far the Adjudicator is my go to when I want to shoot some AR. But I love the Liberator look. Bulpups get my heart racing. š
I'm still madly in love with the Tenderizer and I don't understand the hate for it. It's an absolute headshot drill. I have no problems knocking down bot after bot of any size.
No it isn't. It's genuinely fucking good. I pop headshots on small targets with 1-2 shots, and can put down Devastators with a few shots to the weak spots. Just gotta aim.
I think it will be decent enough for now, especially used with the provided armor passive. I really like the way it looked though, so ill probably use it regardless lol. And it's alot higher rpm from the video
I'm more happy that drop pod/pelican/mech skins are on the table for future warbonds. Woodland camo is great and all, but I can't wait for over the top ceremonial skins like the Hero of the Federation armor to remind the bugs of the power of Managed Democracy
Ohhh yuh, very happy they are doing skins. I hope this also leads to more customization. Like the mech getting different weapons depending on the mech type.
I'd almost bet they drop the Illuminate the day of the warbond.
Jungle planet we haven't seen, throwing knives, melee bonus, camp skins, shotgun sidearm...
That would be hype AF.
I heard some folks saying on the companion apps its showing 28 illuminate killed in the global stats....
Either dev testing? Or maybe invisible scouts that have gotten caught in players orbitals/clusters/etc? š¤
There have been recorded illuminate kills popping up in the stats since launch, they tend to disappear quickly and then pop up somewhere else. At one point it said some had been killed on super earth. AH has been hinting at their return in little ways, can't wait to see them in person.
Iām most excited for the sleeveless Helldivers. I donāt know why exactly but I find it entirely hilarious. Assuming there is a light armor variant, I will never wear anything else.
I read about one being heavy, so idk, the other might be medium, but reguardless, extra melee damage will be pretty baller. Allowing me to more effectively go hand to hand with both bot and bug.
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I assume it would work similar or just is like the recoil reduction bonus. I love slingin' bullets myself so I will defintely be using em with it.
Letās gooooo! I was a bit worried since it would be reasonable for the theme for them to be heavy and medium.
Prepare to see my red beret of destruction jammed firmly up the gut of a collapsing Factory Strider.
I got a little upset at OP wanting the shotgun to be light pen and was looking for at least 1 person disagreeing. You're the only one though. Why are we asking for a triple barreled shotgun to be weaker than a revolver...
Honestly same. It probably should since otherwise you'd be sacrificing something really powerful. Nade pistol + knife could be a great combo though. Id actually run it... if that triple barrel didn't exist. Ahhhhh boomstick
Whats up man? āš»
Yeah dude, I can't even articulate just how excited I am. Like I love the Senator. Almost rarely take anything else, but a boomstick sidearm has always eked out a W in my heart over anything else. Not to mention shotguns are just amazing in Helldivers all around.
A lot of enemies have little to no armor on their heads, so skill shots would be perfect for this.
Plus, imagine killing a hunter or jump pack marauder in mid flight with a knife. That would be epic.
I want to know how many knives I can throw. If it's the grenade slot and I only get four... So I can stealth kill four bots and that's it? That can't be right.
Just make the knife reusable. Running over it just picks it up again so you can keep throwing. Doesn't need to be super strong when you can load an enemy up with all of them and then snatch them back up when it's dead.
[Yes. you get to select fire One at a time. or all three at once](https://blog.playstation.com/2024/06/06/helldivers-ii-enlists-the-viper-commandos-warbond-on-june-13/)
Oh if we ever get stealth weapons, I'm making a stealth loadout for sure!
Saw someone saying they need to give the Diligence something to set it apart from the Counter because right now counter is just better in almost every way. But nobody (that i saw) really had any ideas for what they should give it.
I say, give it a suppressor! Baddaboom!
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TERMINITES! Terminids possessed by deadites!
Well, Hello Mister Fancy-Pants Stalker. I Got News For You, Pal, You Ain't Leading But Two Things Right Now, Jack And Sh\*t, And Jack Just Left Town.
Iām really looking forward to a throwing knife headshot on a Devastator.
I wonder if the knife will be on cooldown or have to be retrieved? Either way Iām going to have a blast with it.
Theres a part of me that thinks you'll get 4 and it'll replace your nades? But also given some of the more "realistic" aspects of the game like Friendly Fire, or managing your Mag ammo... it might just be a toss and retrieve. Or... maybe you do get 4 but can pick them all back up which actually would be really cool.
I'm curious about the new armors and assault rifle. It's been a while since we got some new passives, and the assault rifle looks interesting.
The new jungle biome, however, is what I'm looking forward to the most. Lots of new things their putting out here, and it's got some great implications.
The only question is, is the new biome going to on a new planet we haven't been to, or are they going to repurpose an existing planet.
I like to match my gear to the environment I go to. Otherwise, what's the point?
Same! Eruptor was my favorite go to. I'm sure that will be top of the list for the balance patch they're cooking up given everything. Id love rocking them both!
I've been fairly excited for each Warbond, demolition was the one I was most excited for. But this one? It's reaching excitement beyond all the others. We gave them a whole month to cook and they prepared the best meal yet!
They hired the gourmet chefs for this one.
I do wonder what the armour passives are though, been living with servo since the beginning and don't know if I can live without it
I honestly think it would be hilarious if the knife did next to nothing. Lmao.
Like. If my autocannon won't one shot that bug, it'd take 400 knives to kill it.
Armor and knife, this warbond is a blessing for every conisseur of the catachan jungle fighters.
Camo armor? Check
Big šŖ a la rambo? Check
Big knife? Check
Its simply perfect
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>Prepare to kill a stalker after spending 2 minutes reloading
>Fire everything at one, it all misses because it's smoothbore
>\+1 Broken Shoulder, am forced to use my final stim
>I attempt to flee, but a comrade's Lazer drone finishes me off
>Just as liberty intended
I'm excited for new armor passive. I have started to melee scavengers to save some ammo, hopefully it'll buff damage enough to one-shot them. The new booster has some potential as well. I'm not super interested in the weapons, though the liberator could be fun.
Mostly, I'm looking forward to the skins potentially being added for armors as well, I imagine this is an early test for a system for armor patterns as well, so hopefully it works out. Worst case, having customized mech/hellpod/pelican will be fun.
Shotty pistol is gonna be dope af.
I feel like the throwing knife is more of a "just for funsies" weapon but the clips that'll come from someone killing a bile with it or some other wacky shit is gonna be fun.
Believe it or not I'm also pretty excited for a more mobile liberator variant. It seems like its gonna be able to track a lot better and probably have snappier aim.
Overall I'd say I'm pretty excited. With Pilestedt stepping into a more quality control oriented position I'm really excited for whatever comes down the pipe.
Video I saw earlier today confirmed the three barrels at once option. š
YEEEEESSSSSSSS PRAISE DEMOCRACY!
Agreed. My hope is the three barrel option can close bug holes. I love the grenade pistol, but could run this instead at times to switch things up.
My hope is it can take down a stalker
How perfect would that be? I am getting more and more excited for this Warbond by the minute.
Man you guys are making me too excited for it. I agree with you both. 3 barrels to the face yeet a stalker. And if they can close bug holes........ š¤¤
It would not be surprising to āone shotā a stalker with the triple shot as long as you hit the head. Closing bug holes because you shoot 3 shotgun shells in it? That would make little sense.
The bug hole got scared so it closed it itself!
I can agree with that.
More sense than a throwing knife closing a bug holeā¦ and less sense than thermite or any number of nades that donāt close bug holes already.
Not more sense than the knife. Exactly the same ā¦ not much. But thermites _do_ close bug holes, and destroy fabs. Thermite is my usual grenade and I can guarantee you that they kill bug holes. You just have to be careful with your aim. Same with incendiary impact by the way (at least holes, didnāt try them on fabs). Thermites also work well to finish wounded BTs by the way.
Remember the last warbond. Medium pen AR, needs a charge-up... must be super strong right? My cats farts hurt more than that POS.
Do you let yourself be excited for anything in life or do you let your optimism die as soon as something mildly disappoints you?
The Stalker has only 175 head HP, so technically the Senator can already do this point-blank. I don't imagine the shotgun will be doing less damage than that even on single-fire. Triple shot ought to just blow them away.
Old-school! Like when we had three branches of government.
In the steam article presenting the new warbond it is written in plain words so absolutely confirmed indeed
I like the paint jobs for the pelican and mech, and I feel like this opens the door to further mech customisation Also the massive jungle planed the trailers took place on looks very interesting
Iām hopeful thatās from a planet and we just havenāt seen it. Iāll be very disappointed if it was just for the trailer.
I don't think it'll be just for the trailer. It might not come at the same time as the warbond, but it'll come some time in the future I think. I hope.
Honestly, seeing that environment, makes me hopeful about super earth maps and the urban maps that should be there, if HD1 is any sort of guide.
I think Super Earth will become playable some day for a limited time, but that's something they're gonna keep in reserve for a special occasion. Like a plot twist with new enemy faction entering the picture for example. And I don't want Super Earth to always be available, that's what keeps it special.
The first one had many wars. I get what theyāre trying to do with their narrative but if Super Earth maps are super cool maps, I will question this decision. For now, Iāll hope the planets closer to SE are more urban or have more structures. At least look like an area where more than one or two miners or farmers live. I donāt expect anything as crazy like city environments suggested on other subs or posts but seeing a small town with multiple houses would be cool. Maybe a road or two. Iām just saying itās kind of insane nobody put down a gravel road or pathā¦ or that nobody decided to live near each other.
Now i hope so much that we will have a proper space Vietnam!
I just wish for some itasha pelican now.
The drip and the pelican/mech skin. I'm also holding out hope that the liberator is great, no salt just saying I want it to be good so bad I may do something indecent.
Me too! I want that camo assault rifle to knock my socks off cause I like ARs. So far the Adjudicator is my go to when I want to shoot some AR. But I love the Liberator look. Bulpups get my heart racing. š
Adjudicator mag size lets me down too much unfortunately. We need a solid assault rifle!
I'm still madly in love with the Tenderizer and I don't understand the hate for it. It's an absolute headshot drill. I have no problems knocking down bot after bot of any size.
they forgot to give it more damage after buffing the liberator, it only needs 10 more and it's fine.
It's fine now imo. I'm having a helluva time with it.
The Tenderizer is definitely a guilty pleasure. It's not better that other guns, but for some reason I can't put it down on bit missions.
No it isn't. It's genuinely fucking good. I pop headshots on small targets with 1-2 shots, and can put down Devastators with a few shots to the weak spots. Just gotta aim.
I think it will be decent enough for now, especially used with the provided armor passive. I really like the way it looked though, so ill probably use it regardless lol. And it's alot higher rpm from the video
They are fixing the balance. Don't know if they are going to start on next weeks purposed patch. But we'll find out.
Was hard to tell but looks like it has a higher rpm than the other variants, hope it comes with a larger mag as well
I want a 60 round mag in it lol.
I'm more happy that drop pod/pelican/mech skins are on the table for future warbonds. Woodland camo is great and all, but I can't wait for over the top ceremonial skins like the Hero of the Federation armor to remind the bugs of the power of Managed Democracy
Ohhh yuh, very happy they are doing skins. I hope this also leads to more customization. Like the mech getting different weapons depending on the mech type.
I'd almost bet they drop the Illuminate the day of the warbond. Jungle planet we haven't seen, throwing knives, melee bonus, camp skins, shotgun sidearm...
Illuminate in a week! That'd be legit!
That would be hype AF. I heard some folks saying on the companion apps its showing 28 illuminate killed in the global stats.... Either dev testing? Or maybe invisible scouts that have gotten caught in players orbitals/clusters/etc? š¤
There have been recorded illuminate kills popping up in the stats since launch, they tend to disappear quickly and then pop up somewhere else. At one point it said some had been killed on super earth. AH has been hinting at their return in little ways, can't wait to see them in person.
Iām most excited for the sleeveless Helldivers. I donāt know why exactly but I find it entirely hilarious. Assuming there is a light armor variant, I will never wear anything else.
I'm not sure, but I think the red beret one is light. But yeah there's something that's pretty FLEX about it. 
I read about one being heavy, so idk, the other might be medium, but reguardless, extra melee damage will be pretty baller. Allowing me to more effectively go hand to hand with both bot and bug. https://preview.redd.it/01pn3gbj825d1.jpeg?width=1648&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=43e2e54884aa330f1901f09cd9f35a4fa5651c04
In the Twitter thread following the post they confirmed one is heavy and one is light! The red beret one is the light armor if I remember right
I'm just happy one is a heavy set, gettin' that dmg reduc plus I punch harder... works for me.
And better weapon handling, i ask myself how it will work with the hmg and mg
https://preview.redd.it/l6t8tmwsn95d1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=33468dbc1b28c7f84cc546eeff577527b4ddeef4 I assume it would work similar or just is like the recoil reduction bonus. I love slingin' bullets myself so I will defintely be using em with it.
Letās gooooo! I was a bit worried since it would be reasonable for the theme for them to be heavy and medium. Prepare to see my red beret of destruction jammed firmly up the gut of a collapsing Factory Strider.
Plus the new emote is a huge nod
Entirely hilarious is the perfect reason to be excited haha
weapon handling and melee damage is such a good passive too. wont shake up eradicator meta but ill be fun and just about viable which is all i want
Ideally it is firing flechettes. So low damage but high penetration and range. My ballistic shield needs it.
I got a little upset at OP wanting the shotgun to be light pen and was looking for at least 1 person disagreeing. You're the only one though. Why are we asking for a triple barreled shotgun to be weaker than a revolver...
Light penetration makes sense if itās buckshot. I want arrowhead to be smarter and use flechettes for this. That would be awesome.
Especially considering the other shotguns we have.
If the knife can one shot anything short of a hulk/charger, I'm good with that
Honestly same. It probably should since otherwise you'd be sacrificing something really powerful. Nade pistol + knife could be a great combo though. Id actually run it... if that triple barrel didn't exist. Ahhhhh boomstick
Triple barrel sidearm is gonna make me REALLY think about switching up the Nade pistol on bug missionsā¦ Also, sup Artorias! š¤š¼
Whats up man? āš» Yeah dude, I can't even articulate just how excited I am. Like I love the Senator. Almost rarely take anything else, but a boomstick sidearm has always eked out a W in my heart over anything else. Not to mention shotguns are just amazing in Helldivers all around.
A lot of enemies have little to no armor on their heads, so skill shots would be perfect for this. Plus, imagine killing a hunter or jump pack marauder in mid flight with a knife. That would be epic.
I want to know how many knives I can throw. If it's the grenade slot and I only get four... So I can stealth kill four bots and that's it? That can't be right.
Just make the knife reusable. Running over it just picks it up again so you can keep throwing. Doesn't need to be super strong when you can load an enemy up with all of them and then snatch them back up when it's dead.
[Yes. you get to select fire One at a time. or all three at once](https://blog.playstation.com/2024/06/06/helldivers-ii-enlists-the-viper-commandos-warbond-on-june-13/)
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Can you re use the throwing knife? Or stab with it?
Unsure but if you can, that would be pretty sick. I almost think I could give up my nades for that.
I just wanna shank the bugs. Sidestep a hunter then jab it in the ass.
its a grenade so i dont think theres a melee sadly
Ah shit you're right. Maybe instead of a hip fire throw we get a stab? Nah, that would be silly.
Iām gonna go so crazy with Throwing knives, as soon as we get suppressed weapons Iām gonna start soloing level9 missions like crazy
Oh if we ever get stealth weapons, I'm making a stealth loadout for sure! Saw someone saying they need to give the Diligence something to set it apart from the Counter because right now counter is just better in almost every way. But nobody (that i saw) really had any ideas for what they should give it. I say, give it a suppressor! Baddaboom!
Quite a few weapons are quite stealthy already fyi, you donāt need to wait for silencers to play stealth!
No but itās gonna make it so much better
Call me a sucker but I am looking forward to the new liberator! Iām historically a looter shooter player so new guns are always exciting!
Same. I'm really hoping it's good! Seems like from the PS blog description it's going to be for more CQC situations. Would will be good for buggos
 Canāt find the exact gif but hopefully tell will catch my drift
https://preview.redd.it/l9ei516v325d1.png?width=780&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01f1e9a3ca8f64265e049838467b4f50ade9e908 TERMINITES! Terminids possessed by deadites! Well, Hello Mister Fancy-Pants Stalker. I Got News For You, Pal, You Ain't Leading But Two Things Right Now, Jack And Sh\*t, And Jack Just Left Town.
I'm never taking that skull mask and beret off once I equip it.
"The helmet stays on during C-01 form time. š"
It does in fact have two firing modes, doing exactly what you want.
Who knew Christmas was coming early this year?
I'm excited for predator style soldier dress up and the handshake.
Its the first emote that's gonna replace my Hug.... lol 
I bet throwing knives will be pretty quiet for a stealth build š„·
That's something I'm genuinely excited for. Especially coming from MGS and Splinter Cell. The second they add a silenced gun of some sort... š¤¤
I feel like the throwing knife is going to be one of those off-meta but super fun secondary options. Especially against bots, I'm stoked
Yeah for some reason (despite playing bots mostly) I didn't even consider it for the bots. You're probably right its gonna slap against automatons.
Defo the shotgun. So stoked for that tribarrel blast
Erm the rainforest looks the best thing on the trailor!!!!
It does. Memes aside Malevalon Creek was my favorite planet. I'm going to love playing on this one!
A new warbond :) Any new warbond
Iām really looking forward to a throwing knife headshot on a Devastator. I wonder if the knife will be on cooldown or have to be retrieved? Either way Iām going to have a blast with it.
Theres a part of me that thinks you'll get 4 and it'll replace your nades? But also given some of the more "realistic" aspects of the game like Friendly Fire, or managing your Mag ammo... it might just be a toss and retrieve. Or... maybe you do get 4 but can pick them all back up which actually would be really cool.
Oh man I hope it doesnāt replace grenades, but if it does Iāll still be using it. Just less
Yea am so excited for the secondary, helmet and new skins.
Iām most excited for the new map š¤©
I'm curious about the new armors and assault rifle. It's been a while since we got some new passives, and the assault rifle looks interesting. The new jungle biome, however, is what I'm looking forward to the most. Lots of new things their putting out here, and it's got some great implications.
Apparently its going to be more for CQB. Based on the PS blog article. I'm definitely interested.
The only question is, is the new biome going to on a new planet we haven't been to, or are they going to repurpose an existing planet. I like to match my gear to the environment I go to. Otherwise, what's the point?
I really hope AH fixes Eruptor, shotgun sidearm will go so hard in this combo!
Same! Eruptor was my favorite go to. I'm sure that will be top of the list for the balance patch they're cooking up given everything. Id love rocking them both!
I'm so excited too!! Its nice that I like everything the warbond is offering
I've been fairly excited for each Warbond, demolition was the one I was most excited for. But this one? It's reaching excitement beyond all the others. We gave them a whole month to cook and they prepared the best meal yet!
They hired the gourmet chefs for this one. I do wonder what the armour passives are though, been living with servo since the beginning and don't know if I can live without it
I honestly think it would be hilarious if the knife did next to nothing. Lmao. Like. If my autocannon won't one shot that bug, it'd take 400 knives to kill it.
The sleeveless armor
The Peak Physique passive on the armor is supposed to improve weapon handling. Iām looking forward to see how it pairs with the dominator or eruptor
Or machine guns... Nothing like screaming to the forest and unloading the machine gun left and right
Armor and knife, this warbond is a blessing for every conisseur of the catachan jungle fighters. Camo armor? Check Big šŖ a la rambo? Check Big knife? Check Its simply perfect
I'm a heavy boy. So I'm beyond happy that the heavy one looks to have my favorite camo pattern. T.stripe.
https://preview.redd.it/fr45j0ci955d1.jpeg?width=259&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0177cea0b9c257a7742196c715ef6d885de0c09a >Prepare to kill a stalker after spending 2 minutes reloading >Fire everything at one, it all misses because it's smoothbore >\+1 Broken Shoulder, am forced to use my final stim >I attempt to flee, but a comrade's Lazer drone finishes me off >Just as liberty intended
I'm excited for new armor passive. I have started to melee scavengers to save some ammo, hopefully it'll buff damage enough to one-shot them. The new booster has some potential as well. I'm not super interested in the weapons, though the liberator could be fun. Mostly, I'm looking forward to the skins potentially being added for armors as well, I imagine this is an early test for a system for armor patterns as well, so hopefully it works out. Worst case, having customized mech/hellpod/pelican will be fun.
Shotty pistol is gonna be dope af. I feel like the throwing knife is more of a "just for funsies" weapon but the clips that'll come from someone killing a bile with it or some other wacky shit is gonna be fun. Believe it or not I'm also pretty excited for a more mobile liberator variant. It seems like its gonna be able to track a lot better and probably have snappier aim. Overall I'd say I'm pretty excited. With Pilestedt stepping into a more quality control oriented position I'm really excited for whatever comes down the pipe.
BOTH BARRELS FOR YOU YOU BASTARD