r/Helldivers

I never thought I’d be making a post like this.
A few days ago, I lost my best friend, Nicholas Johnson.
His Xbox gamertag was OVOKRAKEN.
For years, Helldivers was more than just a game to us. It was where we escaped after long days, laughed until we couldn’t breathe, accidentally wiped each other out with stratagems, and made memories that I’ll carry with me for the rest of my life. Some of my favorite moments with him happened while fighting for Super Earth.
Losing him has left a hole in my life that I don’t know how to fill.
I know this is an incredibly unlikely request, and I completely understand if it’s something that can never happen. But I wanted to ask this community, and maybe the developers if this somehow reaches them:
Would it ever be possible to honor Nicholas with a small memorial in Helldivers? Even something as simple as his gamertag, OVOKRAKEN, on a memorial wall, a plaque, a ship roster, a fallen Helldiver, or another subtle tribute somewhere in the game.
I know there are probably countless reasons why requests like this can’t always be granted, and I truly understand that. I just couldn’t live with myself if I never asked.
I’ve already reached out to Arrowhead directly because I wanted to try every possible avenue.
Whether anything comes of this or not, I want to thank Arrowhead for creating a game that brought two best friends together for so many unforgettable nights. Those memories are something no one can ever take away from me.
If you’ve ever lost someone you used to game with, you know that eventually you log in one day and realize they’re never coming online again. That’s a feeling I wouldn’t wish on anyone.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. If this post reaches the developers, thank you for considering my request. And if you’re just another Helldiver reading this, thank you for helping keep this community as incredible as it is.
For Nicholas.
For OVOKRAKEN.
For Super Earth.

How come Arrowhead hasn’t added a full on Laser Warbond yet? I mean you could have an armor passive that has coolant to slow down laser weapons overheating, a laser emplacement, Trident Guard Dog, and if you really wanted to, a laser sword! Seriously, this would probably be a meta warbond.

I have seen so much hype around AH hopefully adding *effective* trench tools (not the shovel), and I have never understood it.

Almost 100% of new content has been locked behind Super Credits, so the idea that it wouldn't take up a spot in a warbond isn't realistic. I saw a good bit of pushback on the chainsaw when it was added because it's not effective and took up what could have been something useful in the warbond.

That's all trench tools would be. Ineffective. Maybe fun, but hardly useful over any other pick. Maybe I've played wrong from level 1 to 80, but I have NEVER wanted a trench or hole badly enough to wish I had taken a tool made to create one.

I'm not going as far as to say they're useless. Holes from grenades or bombs can be great to pop a safe stim and reload, and sometimes a line from an air strike can be great to take cover from a group of devastators. But overall, even on objectives, you are required to move around too much to ever make a grenade or strategem designed to make trenches worth using even in a mildly serious setting.

All this ignoring the fact that the trench would lose most of its defensive benefits after one Devastator volley or a pair of (likely friendly) grenades.

It's got 2 million hp so 1.5% resistance is equivalent to 3% resistance on a normal planet. Liberating it is the same effort as two planets at 3%, and we have to do that and liberate Genesis and probably defend Brilliance in 4 days?

Unless we get some help from Joel it really feels like we're just being set up to fail.

If you’ve ever used exosuits in the past, you’ve probably walked past a spikey plant in your exosuit and then had your arm blown off by said plant, well with the new armor buffs to the exosuits, they can no longer be harmed by the light ap explosions and shrapnel of the stupid plants