LEVEL AND UPGRADES DO NOT MATTER ONLY STRATEGIC THINKING THE THOSE TOOLS AND SKILL DOES!!!

Heres my anecdote: I have gotten to level 60 and spent the last week with all the weapons items and upgrades I wanted. So I went down to lower difficulties and would hand my Patriot system and other guns to new players to just have fun in. Ive also seen new players in Helldives no higher than level 15 who held their own and actually were effective at completing several tactical missions!

The only thing that changes with your upgrades and different strategems is your playstyle. THATS IT!!!! Yeah some weapons are "more effective" but thats true for any shooter worth your time.

Heres the thing I have loved about Arrowheads approach. Their balancing has been to make the guns and strategems FIT the role their real world tactical counterparts would be in. Ive had squads of just snipers and ling range weapons, bots never got near us. Had missions where we would just drop 2 barrages on every outpost and run. Never failed. Its meant to make you the player be creative with the armor and loadouts to come up with one that fits you best.

As for me I almost always go for a grenadier type of loadout. I wont get the kills but you know for sure the heavies are off your ass!

Sick of the section of the Helldivers community thats adderall roided, twitchy, hater streamers needing the "best of the best" to "prove" yourself. When this isnt a MrDisrespect type of game. Its a SovietWomble type. That is, if you were to attach a youtuber style to what this game is.

Rant over.