• Tebbie@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Yeah, I don’t want ff off. it’s a challenge sometimes to not kill friendlies with a mortar or when they run in front of my line of fire. I think it fits the theme too well to not be part of the game.

    You would expect a lot of FF incidents from the minimal training helldiver’s get before being dropped.

    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I haven’t played Helldivers, but I feel like that would be like turning off friendly fire in Mech Warrior Online. There’s a reason that you take penalties for shooting friendlies. That reason is rule #3, “always know what is behind your target.” or frequently in this case, in front of your target.

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    3 months ago

    I wouldn’t wanna play with anyone who thinks turning it off would be a good idea. Holy Helldiver, there are strange people out there!

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      3 months ago

      There are always people wanting to optimize the fun out of a game.

      It baffles me as well. The game isn’t called “Helldivers” because they drop in, everything is a doozy and it goes according to plan and they calmly extract. The potentially chaotic mechanics are a bit part of the charm.

  • xantoxis@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Honestly it would be weird if you turned it off. Like a completely different game, and not as good. It’s integral to the gameplay. You gotta check where everyone is before you drop the bombs. Or maybe the situation is beyond that point, and you just need to kill some bugs and cross your fingers for the next life. That’s the game.

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    3 months ago

    I threw down a 500KG bomb and my buddy marched right into it. That’s when I found out my mic had been muted for five minutes. I have never laughed and apologized so hard at the same time.

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    3 months ago

    I was about to throw an air strike the other day. But before I threw it, I got disconnected. And it dropped right where I stood and killed my 2 mates. Fuck that shit was funny, we all laughed so much

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      3 months ago

      I once got some sweet revenge on my friends because they wanted to prevent me from extracting for the laughs, so I ran at them with an airstrike ready in my hand. They melee’d me, knocking the stratagem out of my hands. And that eagle airstrike comes in fast

      10/10 would commit treason again

  • CryptidBestiary@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Isn’t friendly fire one of the main selling points of the game? The satire of negligence and disregard for the lives of their forces from higher ups is/should be one of the themes of the game, imo

    • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      That’s why I was so surprised when I got kicked last night after a single FF incident 25+ minutes into a mission

      I was finishing calling in something that ended with ➡️, which happens to also be the grenade button, which is what I unintentionally threw at the dude’s feet. He dies and I go back to orbit like that lol