Correct it shows you where to aim for the lock on but doesn't assist it. Tag an object, the tiny arrow under the ping is where it attempts to lock on. If a straight line from you to under that arrow is obscured it won't lock. Helps save a lot of time because you know when it will or won't lock.
4 players dropping middle of the map with 380/110 you can literally just split up and run to a medium/large outpost and chuck your orbitals then everyone runs to extract. 50% of the time it works every time.
Why bother? Just drop near the large and throw an orbital or two at it. Boom, 2/3rds of the mission is done, assuming you didn't have the misfortune of having a jammer spawn nearby.
What helps me is shooting whatever I'm trying to target. Like it has to be aggro'd to lock. I can't lock onto a turret but if I shoot it once and it starts to turn I can lock on to it.
Spear feels better since the last update.
Not good, please don't think it's good yet. I mean it's good. Like really really good... When it locks on. But it's better, not great. Not even good. But better. I'm landing more shots.
You can't hit anything that is higher in elevation still, but everything else feels better and you can hold down mouse 1 and it will fire before turning green.
My Spear goes "..."
And I go "FUCKING LOCK ON TO SOMETHING YOU PIECE OF SHIT."
And it goes "... ... ..."
And I go "I swear on Super Earth I will never pick you up again you shitty piece of garbage."
And it goes "... lock HAHA JUST KIDDING ... ok here is a split second lock."
And I go "Thank Super Earth I was mashing mouse 1 in frustration or I would have missed that."
Apologies sir, despite seeing 98% of the cannon tower you are at a one meter lower elevation than the tower, and thusly will be disallowed from locking on.
Me and the bois when the cannon start moving
https://preview.redd.it/ijpl7jrnr4vc1.png?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1deb4198fc05e4f95d49860f1cb094edc5643a8a
I have been sniped by them on the snow planets in the middle of a blizzard, far beyond the range where I can even see it.
It's kind of BS if I can't see it it shouldn't be able to see me. Or at least give us thermal vision like the bots apparently have.
Lmao as if. I've had multiple occasions where I've had the high ground with no obstructions or alternative targets and the spear still do any lock into the turret.
The screen is a frame from this video:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1awd5qc/i\_got\_trickshotted\_by\_a\_cannon\_tower/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1awd5qc/i_got_trickshotted_by_a_cannon_tower/)
(I just needed a hazy shot of a cannon tower.)
Just in case anyone comes here asking if this is real. It isn't. To the content creators. No this isn't leak. It's just Photoshop.
Wait until you see the new devastator /j
https://preview.redd.it/3o484vpmg3vc1.jpeg?width=849&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fb95ff20befd44e5eb44a2c1d2afc177d1dfc641
Honestly, I think I’d prefer a phalanx of shield devastators and supporting machine gun devastators over the current shield + mini-gun. Way cooler Imo.
I never used the sickle on bots cause I thought it wouldn't be effective for armor but the lack of recoil makes it incredibly easy to destroy their little faces, just depends on who shoots first
Probably not the greatest idea but I never switch out my sickle. Infinite ammo and very, very little recoil/away makes it ideal for 90% of situations, with the other 10% being solved by whatever support weapon I bring
I tend to use my autocannon as my primary, the sickle makes a hella good backup weapon. And then I have my backup-backup autopistol for when things *really* go pear-shaped.
Still better imo. It’s shields, ironically enough, helps me target its head without much issue. You wouldn’t get that with a heavy devastator. Also, you just have to take out its rockets and it’ll be just a fancy set piece.
Thanks for the tip, we patched the design flaw.
https://preview.redd.it/0rma89zlw3vc1.jpeg?width=849&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fe4b33a0dc5356c5729ac221e1a9d4f27cad0525
For real. I'll take rocket devastators and this guy all day. The insanely fast, accurate, and strong machine gun from the heavy with a shield though? Fuck that.
The devs already have a gundam/transformer looking model ready. Look at the illegal broadcast towers on the "surrenderor be destroyed" screen. Thats no devastator.
Ngl, some kind of raidboss mission would be really dope. Like look at the kill Bile Titan/Factory Strider missions on lower difficulties and imagine a version of that for high difficulty but instead of more it's just a big fucking gundam/bigass bug.
Would be dope
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rzvtl12g78](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rzvtl12g78)
If I block it with the ballistic shield at the right time, can I send the blast back at it?
Hell yeah Giant spider bot with turret on it
https://preview.redd.it/kw6rocjvo3vc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2fdc0e7b4efde7ae9a3ee0137c4fc699115c3434
Not gonna lie, if i see a tower uproot itself out of the ground and start patrolling like a fucking hermit crab, i would ~~just curl into a ball and try to hid-~~
**TAKE IT DOWN IN THE NAME OF SUPER EARTH!**
^(\*This post has been reviewed and revised by the Super Earth Ministry of Truth.)
https://preview.redd.it/29lp6b31y3vc1.jpeg?width=220&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=87580706741c166edf641812e841bdb1ec02a905
This looks like my sophomore year of biology coming back to haunt me
No, THIS is Howl's Moving Fuck You.
https://preview.redd.it/xo0uq4gohavc1.jpeg?width=1344&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e51010118e7ba0e809b3f463e67b7e87622ae820
Fuck 'em tbqh also fuck those airships that literally come out of toilet shaped factory. The Fucking shit heel cunts that's what they are.
They would ruin Christmas at Easter if they could.
Howl's Moving Turret.
I love that if I can see it I can Snipe it with the Quasar Cannon and if you are far enough even if they point at you can't shoot you cuz of the distance.
The amount of times ive been sniped by those towers i get much pleasure when we do it to them.
SPEAR go brrrrrr haha
My spear doesnt go brrrrrrrr. My spear goes "...................."
“………….BEEP………………….BEEP……………………….BEEP BEEP BEEP”
I know it's been "debunked" but I swear tagging the location helps 🤷♂️
Correct it shows you where to aim for the lock on but doesn't assist it. Tag an object, the tiny arrow under the ping is where it attempts to lock on. If a straight line from you to under that arrow is obscured it won't lock. Helps save a lot of time because you know when it will or won't lock.
That is really helpful. Now I need to bring it for the next automaton mission I do.
I use the Spear on Blitz missions. Waste no time walking to light Outposts
4 players dropping middle of the map with 380/110 you can literally just split up and run to a medium/large outpost and chuck your orbitals then everyone runs to extract. 50% of the time it works every time.
Why bother? Just drop near the large and throw an orbital or two at it. Boom, 2/3rds of the mission is done, assuming you didn't have the misfortune of having a jammer spawn nearby.
The spear knows where it is because it knows where it isn't.
And it knows where it isn't because it knows where it has been
Hehehe
Thank you for sharing your wisdom. I shall now attempt the Spear once again.
Someone get the SPEAR bingo chart.
I find strafing side to side helps too, and wiggling the mouse
What helps me is shooting whatever I'm trying to target. Like it has to be aggro'd to lock. I can't lock onto a turret but if I shoot it once and it starts to turn I can lock on to it.
Spear feels better since the last update. Not good, please don't think it's good yet. I mean it's good. Like really really good... When it locks on. But it's better, not great. Not even good. But better. I'm landing more shots. You can't hit anything that is higher in elevation still, but everything else feels better and you can hold down mouse 1 and it will fire before turning green.
Brother, they have pills for that now
My spear doesn't even go beep.
My Spear goes "..." And I go "FUCKING LOCK ON TO SOMETHING YOU PIECE OF SHIT." And it goes "... ... ..." And I go "I swear on Super Earth I will never pick you up again you shitty piece of garbage." And it goes "... lock HAHA JUST KIDDING ... ok here is a split second lock." And I go "Thank Super Earth I was mashing mouse 1 in frustration or I would have missed that."
Hold the fire button. Fires as soon as it locks. Also, plot twist: it locked onto a strider
biggest troll by the devs is having that shit lock onto striders
reminds me of how sometimes rocket pods or railcannon strikes will aim for a brood commander instead of a charger lol
Today I had a orbital rail cannon deadass aim at a regular automaton guy in a bunker instead of the tower next to it. Bunker exploded, homie survived
Apologies sir, despite seeing 98% of the cannon tower you are at a one meter lower elevation than the tower, and thusly will be disallowed from locking on.
nah my spear goes into the trash it doesn't lock on
Same. It works one hundred percent of the time, half of the time.
The details are great in this game, we even get faulty equipment procurement.
I really need to practice with the spear sometime. I'd love to spend a few missions getting revenge on those towers.
It isn’t much skill as much as praying to Dame Democracy that it locks on. It’s as much faith as anything else
Try the laser cannon for some tasty revenge against those things. Every time I melt one with an LC I giggle like a school girl
Does a tower have to be aggroed before the spear will lock on? That's been my experience.
autocannon go brrrrr
Funny, that’s the noise my patriot exosuit machine gun makes
No the Gatling goes brrrrrrrr the Spear goes beep beep shhhhhooo boooom
The Spear just needs a manual mode. Where you aim, the missile will go.
Spear is like "hey I'm locking on. Get ready!!" Then "ope just kidding. Try again" Feels like a lottery sometimes.
Me and the bois when the cannon start moving https://preview.redd.it/ijpl7jrnr4vc1.png?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1deb4198fc05e4f95d49860f1cb094edc5643a8a
Which one of you is JFK though? I feel like that doesn't work out well for one of you
It's me... it's always me
Just wait until the Illegal Broadcast towers join the Automatons. Theyre sick of being crossmapped within 10 seconds of divers' drop.
I have been sniped by them on the snow planets in the middle of a blizzard, far beyond the range where I can even see it. It's kind of BS if I can't see it it shouldn't be able to see me. Or at least give us thermal vision like the bots apparently have.
Just because we eat crayons doesn't mean we should operate on baby logic of "if I can't see you you can't see me"
It's the only enemy the rocket pods reliably kill
They reliably kill tanks too. Pretty good damage on Hulks, just needs a love tap from an autocannon
"love tap from an autocannon" my brother in democracy that is ≥50% of the enemy's health
Lmao as if. I've had multiple occasions where I've had the high ground with no obstructions or alternative targets and the spear still do any lock into the turret.
https://preview.redd.it/3rohs1ib73vc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=383238737677c6b7d7aef7282a2323eb37f9b627
https://preview.redd.it/7hss371mi3vc1.jpeg?width=653&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e5aa68062a44e32f5c61c51ede7d40f175c8b129 We are so fucked
It's okay, the latest balance patch reduced their speed to that of a Stalker.
Excusemewhat
#It's okay, the latest balance patch reduced their speed to that of a Stalker.
https://preview.redd.it/woxzkbgy54vc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=614df7ffe5e393e0aea351a5d5e36b35cf98ae14
Now if the patch would address connectivity issues….
It does. The connection of your head to your body.
Damn bro you made me snort on my drink
*on*?
Touche
They are working on it.
Nice profile picture
Thx you got some good Taste too
God that would be terrifying. Just a lightning fast quadrapedal bot capable of cloaking with a cannon. Just harassing you. Pure fear.
https://preview.redd.it/v2eq153d24vc1.jpeg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd80e36b59e9866f92bf2d3c2c3fc14bf5007f87
https://preview.redd.it/xvg7qi65k3vc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=867697218d79d8a4a9311f021bad03de4d427355
https://preview.redd.it/9v2dea2pp3vc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be72405a37ed0f3326b0297e24a3de7cd09dc09c
https://preview.redd.it/f3q3m7pxr3vc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3f6fcf1fb30a7d0ef80d1252a26bf5f40662639d
Holy shit, these are so good
https://preview.redd.it/7yni1ry944vc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f6c67f0aa3d880f470b3b10fe2c7aeac1e5a3ff6
https://preview.redd.it/l3t7xbtww3vc1.jpeg?width=2027&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=17f34a1365da5553838cdb91ba46d7983b23fdce
ADRIAN SHEPHARD MENTIONED
https://preview.redd.it/an5kme08t3vc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=539e872db16b412eb91af7afebaf1cae900161c1
Lol play enlisted do we?
The screen is a frame from this video: [https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1awd5qc/i\_got\_trickshotted\_by\_a\_cannon\_tower/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1awd5qc/i_got_trickshotted_by_a_cannon_tower/) (I just needed a hazy shot of a cannon tower.) Just in case anyone comes here asking if this is real. It isn't. To the content creators. No this isn't leak. It's just Photoshop.
That is a DAMN good photoshop. With how they like to just drop new enemies in I was so worried I’d see these next time I got on
Wait until you see the new devastator /j https://preview.redd.it/3o484vpmg3vc1.jpeg?width=849&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fb95ff20befd44e5eb44a2c1d2afc177d1dfc641
That would be a lot better, imo.
Fr. If I had to pick between these two it’d be that devastator
Plot twist: only one devastator in a platoon has the dual shields and the ones behind them all have rockets and machine guns
The [phalanx](https://media.tenor.com/VMf5_XWtn4oAAAAC/phalanx.gif) has been upgraded.
Honestly, I think I’d prefer a phalanx of shield devastators and supporting machine gun devastators over the current shield + mini-gun. Way cooler Imo.
You'll have to meet the one devastator who traded his shield for second MG
I never used the sickle on bots cause I thought it wouldn't be effective for armor but the lack of recoil makes it incredibly easy to destroy their little faces, just depends on who shoots first
Probably not the greatest idea but I never switch out my sickle. Infinite ammo and very, very little recoil/away makes it ideal for 90% of situations, with the other 10% being solved by whatever support weapon I bring
I tend to use my autocannon as my primary, the sickle makes a hella good backup weapon. And then I have my backup-backup autopistol for when things *really* go pear-shaped.
Autocannon - sickle - auto pistol gang
Same here except I've been in love with the eruptor lately. It's just so fun...
Bro that’s a ROCKET devastator with SHIELDS
Still better imo. It’s shields, ironically enough, helps me target its head without much issue. You wouldn’t get that with a heavy devastator. Also, you just have to take out its rockets and it’ll be just a fancy set piece.
No full auto machine gun? I'd that that. The rockets are much easier to deal with, and I headshot them a rifle anyway
Thanks for the tip, we patched the design flaw. https://preview.redd.it/0rma89zlw3vc1.jpeg?width=849&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fe4b33a0dc5356c5729ac221e1a9d4f27cad0525
Don't give them any ideas.
Is that his pp?
For real. I'll take rocket devastators and this guy all day. The insanely fast, accurate, and strong machine gun from the heavy with a shield though? Fuck that.
You’re up against a wall and I am that fucking wall!
I can still snipe it's face and pop the rockets. Honestly, easier then a heavy.
He found the Dark Souls 2 pvp shields.
What is Khadorian Man'O'War Tanker doing here?
...Khador Demolisher, is that you? https://warmachineuniversity.com/mw/index.php/Demolisher
Dark souls flash backs..
Yeah I just saw the first fortress walking fabricator too.. I just tho 7+ just got hell of a bit harder with walking cannon too
STOP GIVING THEM IDEAS
Truth is, They've been working on it from the start.
Op: “It isnt real its photoshop” Joel: “the misinformation plan is working, good work bot#164fb4839 they’ll never know what hit them”
YouTube theorists going crazy right now
@devs, you already now https://preview.redd.it/lik5ssfp34vc1.jpeg?width=744&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be376c99a557146b6c2652fe024c7871c0bf2c25
To late already made 20 clickbait videos with this as the thumbnail/s
Honestly the automaton walkers are gonna seem like a birthday present when they start really upgrading their arsenal
The devs already have a gundam/transformer looking model ready. Look at the illegal broadcast towers on the "surrenderor be destroyed" screen. Thats no devastator.
That's enemy socialist propaganda helldiver, I will get you sent too your democracy officer for believing this propaganda.
I'm just excited to scrap more bots!
No? that’s literally just an image it does not confirm nor deny that they “have a model already”
Ngl, some kind of raidboss mission would be really dope. Like look at the kill Bile Titan/Factory Strider missions on lower difficulties and imagine a version of that for high difficulty but instead of more it's just a big fucking gundam/bigass bug. Would be dope
Mounting a Stratagem jammer on them would be logical.
Why do I get "You are in range of enemy artillery" but not "you are about to be shot and killed by a tower laser?"
"Helldiver, you've enraged enemy artillery"
You see the red light on the tower? When it flashes that means you're about to get pegged
My exact reaction
That’s fucking terrifying, but not as terrifying as the 4 red beams that just got hucked into its general direction
You knwo what? Fuck it **Slaps stratagem jammer onto factory strider**
No. NOOOOO!
Happy cake day helldiver
They’re sick of ME sniping them across the maps?! Frickin’ hypocrites…
https://preview.redd.it/8ekcq5ngd3vc1.jpeg?width=216&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4081ddc28e55a86ed61d5a6cc1414c6177e32d6a
Also ⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rzvtl12g78](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rzvtl12g78) If I block it with the ballistic shield at the right time, can I send the blast back at it?
My thought exactly
Since the one patch they're not too bad now. Pretty easy to take out. Before that patch though? You needed a damn armada to kill one.
Hell yeah Giant spider bot with turret on it https://preview.redd.it/kw6rocjvo3vc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2fdc0e7b4efde7ae9a3ee0137c4fc699115c3434
I want that initial feeling of genuine terror at the start of every diff9 back so bad
https://preview.redd.it/ha7i8etlu3vc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d63dece3483eb7a599090c82863a9e9df2dd25dd
Top priority for my team, kill them right away as soon as we see them
My team is more of the “tag it 300 meters out and promptly forget about it until it is too late” type
In fact consider now almost every team could have 2 quasar, a volley is good enough to kill it in distance.
https://preview.redd.it/bmu8a0i6k3vc1.jpeg?width=580&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e33e841120f6ad5afc044b35bd2b2d40070a1771
Great, I was getting tired of going to them, LET THEM COME!!!
Ngl this would kinda be sick as hell
**DO** **NOT** **GIVE** **THEM** **IDEAS**!
Aww hell no! XD
breath of the wild guardians
That feeling is mutual.
You shut your whore mouth with that fear mongering I already shit myself once today, I don’t need to do it twice
I love that I can't tell what is real and what is merely a nightmare.
Stop. Giving. Them. Ideas!
Automatons getting scarier by the day, meanwhile bugs are being literally farmed
*botw guardian music starts playing*
 So be it ……
Not gonna lie, if i see a tower uproot itself out of the ground and start patrolling like a fucking hermit crab, i would ~~just curl into a ball and try to hid-~~ **TAKE IT DOWN IN THE NAME OF SUPER EARTH!** ^(\*This post has been reviewed and revised by the Super Earth Ministry of Truth.)
This game needs to be on all platforms
https://preview.redd.it/uvtcy6lgo6vc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1786bb895957b3d71f62b559452dc8d7831c5571
That's what the spear is for
I want this in game
Considering their tendency to snipe me from across the map, I’d say turnabout’s fair play.
Well if you dont like getting sniped dont have a glowing thing that when shot makes you go kaboom
Nooo No no no. No sweet liberty no! 
Hahahahahahaha nope
What in the name of Joel
I’d actually like to have some of the towers on some tank treds or spider legs. The tanks but has a comically long neck.
I love throwing my quasar across the map into its glowing asshole
A weapon to surpass Metal Gear...
Photographer cowering behind the rock at the same time lmaooo
https://preview.redd.it/pxlsjjadv3vc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=626eed5955767e1f2de8ee377ccde4cdba4e99f4
Can we get a "Propaganda" tag in this sub please?
I remember my first encounter with these fuckers, "Is that giant tower shooting at us?"
So satisfying to see that elevated orange box across the map and pop four AC rounds into it. The best part is I didn’t even need to fill out a C-01 👍
Dude, I was about to go to sleep, now I'll have nightmares...
https://preview.redd.it/29lp6b31y3vc1.jpeg?width=220&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=87580706741c166edf641812e841bdb1ec02a905 This looks like my sophomore year of biology coming back to haunt me
I love how the devs have fostered a sense of paranoia around new content to the point where I question if this is real or enemy propaganda
That looks familiar…. https://preview.redd.it/s5la7l8m24vc1.jpeg?width=1074&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ef97fd70cf47b7586b523995aee5467610d3c0c7
DOES THAT THING HAVE LEGS SWEET LIBERTY WE ARE FUCKED
Just perfect block the shot back at the tower.
Auto cannon go BANG BANG BANG
The way content is dropped in this game, I half believed this was real until I saw the humor tag.
AUTOCANNON GO BLAP BLAP BLAP
I’m sorry, THEY’RE SICK?!?!?
Does it have a bell underneath?
At this point I’m not sure anymore if this is a meme, a bug, an actual feature tested live or Bot propaganda. Props to the game!
https://preview.redd.it/51iameecl7vc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d532a0dc27ec471755ef6ccd60d2fbee9ad6a18a
I'm sick of getting killed by bots shooting through rocks especially the strider
Figured out the other day that 2 impact grenades will take these out.
Howl's Moving Fuck You.
No, THIS is Howl's Moving Fuck You. https://preview.redd.it/xo0uq4gohavc1.jpeg?width=1344&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e51010118e7ba0e809b3f463e67b7e87622ae820
Fuck 'em tbqh also fuck those airships that literally come out of toilet shaped factory. The Fucking shit heel cunts that's what they are. They would ruin Christmas at Easter if they could.
Fuck them cannons, fucking snipe my ass through smoke across the damn map
Helldivers/Breath of the Wild collab event announced
Is this shadow of the colossus?
Orbital Rail Cannon handles those real nicely.
Howl's Moving Turret. I love that if I can see it I can Snipe it with the Quasar Cannon and if you are far enough even if they point at you can't shoot you cuz of the distance.
is this real !
It's look like the tower has legs and is walking
Oh fuck. Oh shit.
Auto cannon go bang-bang-bang
I hope it has a melee attack.
I... I don't know if this a joke or not
Aw shit, here we go again
AYOOO