I was NOT expecting the Illuminate to throw more bodies at us than the Terminids and we got urban environments as well, fighting the other two factions in cities is gonna be nuts as well Six-digit player count for the first time in months We have never been so back
despite being a "horde" faction, they still had enough armoured targets to make low armour pen weapons not ideal. Now with the illuminate, low pen weapons like the Stalwart and Tenderizer can actually shine.
@emilianogitto5948 I'm pretty confident that whatever new enemies are introduced won't shake up the dynamic all too much. I would expect more extensive use of shields than armour, which counter slower, armor-piercing weaponry but is countered by high ROF weapons with more raw dps.
@@Criticalhitventures If you want, you could more these in the future? I think it adds variety alongside the ones with your music. Also hope to see the Automatons and Terminids in the urban maps as well.
@@joeman8173 Yeah, I'm thinking about videos where I don't even edit anything and just show a full raw gameplay footage with some title like "Helldivers 2 - Illuminate: Blitz Mission - Super Helldiver 10" or something like that. Also, I guarantee that we will. Think of the other biomes we got, eventually the other enemies get their own version. Automatons is going to go SO HARD
@@Criticalhitventures Man the illuminate are so fun to play against. Feels like battlefield level of destruction too. Having tanks and dropships in urban maps are gonna be crazy
I said this during a game tonight with the Stalwart. "I discovered their weakness! It's 1,550 rounds per minute!" I like them. I still prefer to fight bots but I enjoy these Illuminate more than in Helldivers 1. It's a neat mix of high/low unit quality with a truly frustrating gimmick in the shields. My last game was a level 8. I joined one and everybody but the host and I left. I stuck by his side and we finished it after a grueling match. He didn't know you had to knock down their shields for the air strikes to be effective, so I would hammer them down just in time for his 500kg to land. Pretty sure I burned out my full daily allotment of machinegun barrels in the process. By God, we did it.
@@billrich9722 I am loving the new faction, the urban maps, the vehicles - all of it! The stalwart works very well against most of these enemies outside of the heavy tripod tanks. I am so stoked that we got this all for free!
Small, hard-hitting, and eating bullets like a Bot Hulk, these guys are no joke. Managed to get 2 dives in before I gotta head, they're a terrifying challenge. A challenge that I cannot wait for us to overcome. I note that they have both arc and plasma weaponry, so I guess looking for armour prioritizing buffs against these will be essential.
I don't know. I mean, armor is always nice. I had a lot more success with the super light armor against Illuminates than I do against the others. The mutated humans are a real pain in the butt if they overwhelm you but they're not terribly fast and even light armor can shrug off a few hits. All of their units power walk after you. Even the flying ones take their sweet time following you. Just don't get too close to the arch throwers. They have some strong projectiles but not a lot of them compared to even the bugs. They're also pretty well telegraphed, the splash isn't huge and they're not terribly accurate. The biggest issue I had with them were the sheer number of fodder units, the scouts (which slow you down and chunk you if ignored) and whenever one of the staff boys got too close. They knock you on your ass.
@@billrich9722 the shields also provide a unique threat as you can't just throw your stratagems out at them unlike most enemies. Forcing you to actually rely on your primary more than any other enemy faction in the game
I’ve been waiting for illuminate all year and now when I’m away from my pc in the middle of a new job and place to live I have to watch everybody spread democracy without me.
Makes sense as well. Those aren't some remote wastelands with scattering of outposts. This a small town that got overrun, yes, but it went down screaming
Hell yeah! lol I had this uploading and wanted to release it before going to sleep. The new updates are amazing. Vehicles, urban maps, zombies, illuminate. ALL FOR FREE!!!
IS THAT SUPER EARTH !!?? O SH!T I DIDNT KNOW THIS DROPPED I THOUGHT THIS WASN'T COMMING FOR SO LONG!! I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE NEXT YEAR OR SOMETHING!!! AND ITS THE ILLUMINIDS I HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT FOR SO MANY MONTHS !!! DX ARGHGHGH THANKS FOR UPLOADING THIS!!! EDIT: HOLY CRAP ITS LIKE ZOMBIES! BUT WAR OF THE WORLDS LOL that was fantastic so we now have tight corridors/alleys in abandoned dangerous cities thanks god thats awesome!! thanks ventures!!
L4d2 players, using Helldiver mods: "Took you long enough to join!" These guys remind me a bit of the Elites from Halo, but these look kind of scarier.
Было бы интересно посмотреть на столкновение Автоматонов и Иллюминатов. С начала выхода игры, я жду когда произойдёт ситуация, что на одной планете столкнутся силы сразу двух врагов Суперземли. Иллюминаты vs Автоматоны. Да, это было бы интересно.
I was playing at lowest level... And they still sooo fricking hard... I was using heavy machine gun... And it was able to FULL DAMAGE even through sgeilds...my god these guys on other level...abd i still died...lol A level 14 player...btw
I was NOT expecting the Illuminate to throw more bodies at us than the Terminids
and we got urban environments as well, fighting the other two factions in cities is gonna be nuts as well
Six-digit player count for the first time in months
We have never been so back
despite being a "horde" faction, they still had enough armoured targets to make low armour pen weapons not ideal. Now with the illuminate, low pen weapons like the Stalwart and Tenderizer can actually shine.
@@telapoopy we have not seen all of the illuminate enemies tho, this is just the first wave
@emilianogitto5948 I'm pretty confident that whatever new enemies are introduced won't shake up the dynamic all too much. I would expect more extensive use of shields than armour, which counter slower, armor-piercing weaponry but is countered by high ROF weapons with more raw dps.
We never left, you memer.
@@emilianogitto5948they said this is only the vanguard fleet so the rest of the illuminate are coming
This is 100% goty for me
Well deserved Best 2024 Multiplayer Game, no cap
Illuminate were the assault rifle buff. I fucking knew it
This is the first time I heard you use in-game music.
oh its serious now
@@joeman8173 I wanted to experience their OST before I started throwing my music over it. 🤣
@@Criticalhitventures If you want, you could more these in the future? I think it adds variety alongside the ones with your music.
Also hope to see the Automatons and Terminids in the urban maps as well.
@@joeman8173 Yeah, I'm thinking about videos where I don't even edit anything and just show a full raw gameplay footage with some title like "Helldivers 2 - Illuminate: Blitz Mission - Super Helldiver 10" or something like that. Also, I guarantee that we will. Think of the other biomes we got, eventually the other enemies get their own version. Automatons is going to go SO HARD
@@Criticalhitventures Man the illuminate are so fun to play against. Feels like battlefield level of destruction too. Having tanks and dropships in urban maps are gonna be crazy
war of the worlds feelings during this gameplay with the "tripod". If there will be bigger ones it will be jawdropping.
I said this during a game tonight with the Stalwart. "I discovered their weakness! It's 1,550 rounds per minute!"
I like them. I still prefer to fight bots but I enjoy these Illuminate more than in Helldivers 1. It's a neat mix of high/low unit quality with a truly frustrating gimmick in the shields.
My last game was a level 8. I joined one and everybody but the host and I left. I stuck by his side and we finished it after a grueling match. He didn't know you had to knock down their shields for the air strikes to be effective, so I would hammer them down just in time for his 500kg to land.
Pretty sure I burned out my full daily allotment of machinegun barrels in the process.
By God, we did it.
@@billrich9722 I am loving the new faction, the urban maps, the vehicles - all of it! The stalwart works very well against most of these enemies outside of the heavy tripod tanks.
I am so stoked that we got this all for free!
@@Criticalhitventures I can't agree more.
But, they're not really a new faction. They've always been there.
Arrowhead did what DICE just stopped doing and thats having cities that can be leveled. It's so good.
The stratagem jumbler is like a stratagem jammer for you lol
Yeah but in a way that players could do something about it. Works really well here
Babe, wake up, the Illuminate are here
The purple light from those flying things is so disorienting, I love it, great addition to the game
Now it’s a *real* war.
Small, hard-hitting, and eating bullets like a Bot Hulk, these guys are no joke. Managed to get 2 dives in before I gotta head, they're a terrifying challenge. A challenge that I cannot wait for us to overcome.
I note that they have both arc and plasma weaponry, so I guess looking for armour prioritizing buffs against these will be essential.
I don't know. I mean, armor is always nice. I had a lot more success with the super light armor against Illuminates than I do against the others. The mutated humans are a real pain in the butt if they overwhelm you but they're not terribly fast and even light armor can shrug off a few hits. All of their units power walk after you. Even the flying ones take their sweet time following you. Just don't get too close to the arch throwers.
They have some strong projectiles but not a lot of them compared to even the bugs. They're also pretty well telegraphed, the splash isn't huge and they're not terribly accurate. The biggest issue I had with them were the sheer number of fodder units, the scouts (which slow you down and chunk you if ignored) and whenever one of the staff boys got too close. They knock you on your ass.
@@billrich9722 the shields also provide a unique threat as you can't just throw your stratagems out at them unlike most enemies. Forcing you to actually rely on your primary more than any other enemy faction in the game
I’ve been waiting for illuminate all year and now when I’m away from my pc in the middle of a new job and place to live I have to watch everybody spread democracy without me.
Impressive accuracy without the HUD
Probably an external crosshair (my monitor can put one on screen also). But it makes the gameplay look sick :D
Imagine the reapers from mass effect legendary
Love how there so many supplies on the map that you can rely on finding a machine gun on the map and free up a slot
Makes sense as well. Those aren't some remote wastelands with scattering of outposts. This a small town that got overrun, yes, but it went down screaming
nice, finally some city maps with good ambience, the saucer deploy looks very nice and the soundtrack too.
stunning gameplay btw, you really captured the awesomeness
Omg and I just commented on your horde mode video HAHAHA GET SOME HELLDIVER🔥🔥🔥🔥
Hell yeah! lol I had this uploading and wanted to release it before going to sleep. The new updates are amazing. Vehicles, urban maps, zombies, illuminate. ALL FOR FREE!!!
FOR FREEE IS THE BEST EVER. Cant wait to see all the new videos bro !!! Bout to play a little more myself HAHAH
they sounded creepy as hell!
IS THAT SUPER EARTH !!?? O SH!T I DIDNT KNOW THIS DROPPED I THOUGHT THIS WASN'T COMMING FOR SO LONG!! I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE NEXT YEAR OR SOMETHING!!!
AND ITS THE ILLUMINIDS I HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT FOR SO MANY MONTHS !!!
DX
ARGHGHGH THANKS FOR UPLOADING THIS!!!
EDIT:
HOLY CRAP ITS LIKE ZOMBIES! BUT WAR OF THE WORLDS LOL
that was fantastic
so we now have tight corridors/alleys in abandoned dangerous cities
thanks god thats awesome!! thanks ventures!!
L4d2 players, using Helldiver mods: "Took you long enough to join!"
These guys remind me a bit of the Elites from Halo, but these look kind of scarier.
Its still crazy to me that sony doesn't want to add helldivers to xbox like that dude do they want to make more money or wha?!?!?
This is the first time I've seen you throw an HMGE on a horde, only to immediately abandon it. Hardcore.
7:28
That moment was so cool!
Было бы интересно посмотреть на столкновение Автоматонов и Иллюминатов.
С начала выхода игры, я жду когда произойдёт ситуация, что на одной планете столкнутся силы сразу двух врагов Суперземли.
Иллюминаты vs Автоматоны.
Да, это было бы интересно.
gave me ODST vibes
Urban warfare 👌👌👌
MAY FREEDOM REIGN BROTHERS!
All that time for only 3 Illuminate enemy variants
I love getting patriotic with the boys
OH MAAAN!!!!
I don’t remember those tripods being so big in the first game.
We're so cooked.
I’m curious how this alien faction would do against halo Covenant, AI battle in game play style.
What are your settings man?
HOLD THE LINE!!!! DO NOT LET UP!!
first time i tried to fight these guys was solo on medium... didn't go so well
Shoulda called off today! 😫
5:23 nope
1:38 - 1:54 is peak
what main gun is he using?
his loadout seems to be the senator revolver, the liberater penetrator, and the stalwart MG.
I was playing at lowest level... And they still sooo fricking hard...
I was using heavy machine gun... And it was able to FULL DAMAGE even through sgeilds...my god these guys on other level...abd i still died...lol
A level 14 player...btw
Wow, that’s so cool
New!!!!!
Alo