Earlier this week, the CEO of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead Video games flatly denied the existence of heavy machine weapons—Johan Pilestedt has observe file of being tongue-in-cheek, although it is not clear whether or not he by chance blurted out some Tremendous Earth secrets and techniques or fired a figuring out wink our path, right here.
Seems, we’re getting not one, however two heavy weapons to assist us in our march towards the bots: the LAS-99 Quasar Cannon and the MG-101 Heavy Machine Gun (HMG), that are each out there in-game proper now.Â
Each of those heavy-duty weapons ought to assist skinny the herd of Tremendous Earth’s foes by providing much more anti-armour choices—although the LAS-99 Quasar Cannon seems to be geared most in the direction of taking out tanky enemies, because it’s proven obliterating Automaton hulks in its preview footage. That ought to be a really welcome addition, contemplating the bot’s relative lack of recognition among the many playerbase.
The HMG prices 6,000 requisitions, whereas the Quasar Cannon prices 7,500—if you happen to can solely afford one, nevertheless, I like to recommend the HMG only for effectivity’s sake, since Troost presently has the “Weapons Experimentation” environmental situation. This makes the Quasar Cannon out there to everybody contributing to the battle effort.
As for the weapons themselves, I hopped in to check them out. Curiously, the HMG has huge variations in recoil based mostly on whether or not you are standing or susceptible—much more than most weapons—making it a extra defensive weapon than its Quasar Cannon cousin. This tracks with Pilestedt’s feedback earlier within the week, the place he famous that requiring a tripod was “the thought with the HMG” that did not exist, however now does.
The cannon, in the meantime, takes about 5 seconds to spin up earlier than unleashing a robust blast, then initiates a roughly 12 second cooling interval—although I used to be on a chilly planet, so it might take longer to recharge elsewhere.
All-in-all, these weapons ought to complement your Helldivers’ arsenal properly, serving to plug the opening left in our hearts by the Railgun’s latest nerfs. Actually although? This cannon is so rattling enjoyable to fireplace that I do not know if I miss the previous Railgun in any respect.
Most notably, neither of those weapons want a help backpack. This makes the Quasar Cannon a pleasant different to the Recoilless Rifle, which is faster to fireplace however restricted in each its ammo capability and its hefty reload time.Â