Helldivers 2 has solely been out for a handful of days, however already its group is working to ascertain the “unstated” guidelines of engagement, with an etiquette for good co-op play.
For the uninitiated, Helldivers 2 is a co-op targeted shooter wherein gamers crew as much as defeat large alien bugs and terrifying automatons. It’s a harmful recreation, and I don’t simply imply simply due to the unhealthy guys. In Helldivers 2, you’re as a lot a hazard to your teammates as the massive bugs you face. With pleasant fireplace very a lot part of the gameplay, Helldivers 2 is a recreation wherein it’s worthwhile to watch the place you’re capturing – and the place you are touchdown in a drop pod.
And so, throughout the Helldivers subreddit, Discord, and social media, gamers are setting down finest observe for co-op play. There’s a great thread by redditor RhuanSqx wherein the Helldivers 2 is actually crowdsourcing this early-days rule listing. There’s some apparent stuff in there, comparable to don’t stroll in the best way of your teammate once they’re capturing and watch out the place you place your strategems (that space of impact!). However there’s some much less apparent stuff that’s actually useful for selling optimistic play, too. For instance, when somebody calls in a resupply, share the ammo by solely grabbing one cache. The extra ammo everybody has, the merrier a time you’ll have. Oh, and reload your weapons earlier than snagging that resupply.