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0:00Freedom Day is tomorrow. And you know,
0:03for the first time in a long time, I'm
0:05feeling really excited. I'm not just
0:07waiting for the Super-Earth anthem to
0:08be broadcast on the developers 'Discord
0:10for 24 hours. I'm waiting for an event.
0:13According to the roadmap, we'll be
0:15getting a new biome, a new enemy,
0:17festive stratagems (as leaked), and
0:19even a free rifle. But that's not all
0:22that's creating a festive atmosphere
0:23for me. It's also the fact that the
0:25developers released a whole guide on
0:28how to celebrate Freedom Day on their
0:30Discord channel. And the latest Warbond
0:33is a sniper one, despite the fact that
0:35it could be called a botched job. And
0:37today I'll tell you why. I still really
0:40liked it. It's ironic, yes, Warbond is
0:42botched, but I like it. And even
0:44despite the release of the new
0:46anti-cheat, there's hope for a bright
0:48future. And the balance patch turned
0:51out pretty good, even if it didn't
0:53fundamentally change anything. I want
0:55to tell you all about this today and
0:57even add a few more words about cheats.
1:00Yes, despite the fact that I had a long
1:02video, I still have something to say. I
1:04read your comments. Thank you very much
1:06, by the way. And it doesn't matter
1:08whether you agree with me or not. I
1:09like that we can exchange opinions. And
1:12it was based on your comments that I
1:14came up with new ideas. I really like
1:17that my channel is a platform where
1:19everyone can express their opinion, and
1:22then they can throw poop at each other
1:24because they disagree with your opinion
1:26. Well, that's the nature of the
1:28internet. So a special thanks to those
1:30who express their opinions politely and
1:32civilly. In short, there's a lot of
1:34news, and it's interesting. Make
1:36yourself some tea and some Dimokro
1:38coffee. I will, by the way. And let's
1:41figure out what happened in our game
1:43and how to look at it all. Subscribe to
1:46the channel, like it, watch the
1:48previous videos, and let's go. This is
1:51Beaver of Democracy. We need to talk. I
1:54hope you're already scared, because
1:56Halloween is coming, and Hiivivers 2
1:58will have a lot of new things: a
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3:03start with the most important thing.
3:05After all, Freedom Day is tomorrow. And
3:08in honor of this event, I'll even
3:10launch a stream, unless something
3:11unexpected happens in my life. I want
3:14to spend this day with the Hell Marines
3:16in my favorite game. And in their
3:18Discord channel, Row HeadGame Studios
3:20released an entire manual, because
3:21Freedom Day is what we need to
3:23celebrate. Let's check it out. By the
3:26way, I'll post this document separately
3:28in my Telegram channel. Link in the
3:29description. Subscribe. I periodically
3:32write there about Hell Divers 2, as
3:34well as about my life. So, if suddenly
3:36the channel stops posting videos, if
3:38you're subscribed to the Telegram
3:40channel, you'll at least know why.
3:42Although this year I plan to release a
3:44lot of videos. I hope I can do it. Oh
3:47well. In time for Freedom Day. And the
3:49first page of the manual greets us not
3:51only with flags, but also in small
3:53print in the lower left corner. Almost
3:55every page says that celebrating
3:57Freedom Day is very important. And if
3:59someone doesn't celebrate, report it to
4:01the democracy officer. Base. Fierce
4:03base. Pages two through eleven are
4:06flags. According to the manual, you
4:08need to cut them out, hang them on a
4:10string, and hang them in your room.
4:12Well, more precisely, on a supermini.
4:14On page twelve, a small game awaits us.
4:18According to the instructions written
4:20in small print in the lower left corner
4:22, we need to print this biotitan in A3
4:25format for maximum democratic pleasure.
4:28And the idea of the game is quite
4:29simple. You hang a poster of a titan on
4:32the wall, close your eyes, and take one
4:34of the orbital strikes that can be cut
4:36out from the bottom. The task is to
4:39stand away from the wall, extend your
4:40arm, and with your eyes closed, launch
4:42an orbital strike at the Titan. You
4:44have to try to hit the vulnerable spots
4:46, otherwise the Titan won't die. The
4:48better your hits, the more democratic.
4:50On page thirteen, we find the paint job
4:53. And remember, you must use only
4:55colors approved by Super Earth. And if
4:58you don't know which colors are
5:00approved, you can check out the
5:01official cosplay guide. Yes, the
5:03developers posted it too. It's
5:06absolutely forbidden to use colors like
5:08purple, red, and orange, as they can
5:11express sympathy for the enemy and be
5:13associated with betrayal by Super Earth
5:15. Again, in the lower left corner, it
5:18says in small print: "Read the fine
5:19print." This isn't a license agreement
5:21for the game. You have to read it. It's
5:23a small reference to what I'm going to
5:26talk about cheats. Don't forget to
5:28decorate your Super Smin with
5:30decorations. They're on pages 14 and
5:3215. They should be placed around the
5:35helppods, or hellish capsules, on the
5:37bridge of the Super Smin. By the way, I
5:40hope our Super-Earths will be decorated
5:42in honor of the game. I'm really
5:43looking forward to it. And on page 16,
5:45you'll find a Hell Marine mask, so
5:48every Super-Earth resident who hasn't
5:50yet become a Hell Marine can feel like
5:53a hero. On page 17, we have the Freedom
5:56Day schedule. All Hell Marines must
5:59follow it. At midnight, we'll have a 24
6:02-hour stream of the Super-Earth anthem.
6:05It's a must-watch. It'll be on the
6:07developers' Discord. At 6:00 AM, we
6:10have a special newscast. There will be
6:13a live broadcast from the new memorial
6:15dedicated to the victory at Malevelon
6:17Creek. And after this broadcast, at
6:197:00 AM, we'll see the execution of
6:21dissidents. Hooray! It will last two
6:24hours, after which there will be a
6:26Freedom Day parade, including a speech
6:28by the President of Super-Earth, as
6:31well as General Brush. At 1:00 PM, all
6:34Hell Troopers must arrive on the Moon
6:36in their Super-Minions, because we are
6:38commencing orbital bombardment in honor
6:40of Freedom Day. We must unleash 15,000
6:44megatons of power on the surface of
6:46Super-Earth's satellite. And at 4:00 PM
6:50, all citizens of Super-Earth must give
6:53a synchronized salute. At 7:00 PM, we
6:56have Super Earth's Next Top Hell Divers
6:59. The finale. Who will earn the cape? A
7:02must-see. Of course, at 8:00 PM,
7:05there's a surprise. Another execution
7:07of dissidents. And at 9:00 PM, we have
7:09the premiere of General Brush's film.
7:12There are two automatons now. Children
7:14can play games approved by the Ministry
7:17of Truth. Jumping over the Super-Earth
7:19fire. Find the Armenid. Mobilization.
7:23And by the way, I don't know how to
7:24translate this. Literally adopting an
7:26SSZshnik. Like Superzealous soldiers,
7:29we play them, well, more accurately,
7:31the kids do. We're also planning a
7:33banquet in honor of Freedom Day, and we
7:35have a menu. The first course will be
7:38Freedom Day oatmeal. It's dietary and,
7:40according to the recommendations of Dr.
7:43Democracy, is available even for those
7:44on a diet. The main course will be
7:48baked pizzarito short ribs, courtesy of
7:50Freedom Hat. Served with a cup of
7:54Dimacrocoffee. And to finish it all off
7:57, you can have some afternoon freedom
7:59tea, served with Sweet Freedom cookies.
8:03And on the last page, there's a short
8:06quiz, and I suggest you take it right
8:09now with my squad. It includes Octavius
8:13, a lover of supercredits and medals;
8:16the most democratic madman; and the
8:19craziest democrat; Crazy; and the great
8:22, terrible democratic Ministry of Truth
8:25. Pause the video when you hear the
8:27questions and try to answer them
8:29yourself. The quiz is quite challenging
8:31in places. Question one. Are you ready?
8:34>> Let's go.
8:35>> Right, right.
8:36>> How are you, how are you feeling on
8:38this festive day? Option one. You are
8:41proud to be a citizen of Super-Earth.
8:43Option two. You are filled with the
8:45democratic spirit.
8:46>> I am free. That's enough for me. I have
8:50to choose one of the two options.
8:52>> I am democratic.
8:54>> I choose the first option.
8:56>> So, I want to remind you of the two
8:58options. Option one: be proud to be a
9:01citizen of Super-Earth. Option two: you
9:03are filled with the democratic spirit.
9:05>> Ah, well, the first one is definitely
9:06there.
9:07>> I choose the first one. Option two.
9:10What are terminids? Option one:
9:13profound misunderstanding. Option two:
9:17a threat to managed democracy. Option
9:20three: a great pet and company. Option
9:23four: Largstick. Great pacifists.
9:29>> Well, obviously, there's
9:30>> no doubt about it.
9:32>> Option from the Ministry of Truth: a
9:33threat to managed democracy. Octavius.
9:35You
9:35>> can offer your own options.
9:38>> You can. You can. Try it, try it.
9:42>> Well, for me, I'm wavering between
9:44mushroom violence or fascists.
9:50>> Damn dissidents are blocking access to
9:53the democratic network. Great,
9:55>> you already missed the first question,
9:57Marine. I'll
9:58>> serve ten exiles on Kaberstan.
10:00>> The question was, who are Terminids?
10:02Thanks.
10:03>> Oh, and I actually thought it was just
10:05a walking gas tank. When my car runs
10:08out of gas, I just stick the little
10:09garbage man in the gas tank, shove him
10:11in with the butt of my gun, and that's
10:13it. And off I go. I'm
10:15>> sure every hellish Marine does that.
10:17Question three. Why are we fighting a
10:19galactic war? Option one: to spread
10:21managed democracy. Option two: to free
10:24the galaxy from threats to our way of
10:26life. Option three: to ensure the
10:29prosperity and security of a
10:32super-Earth. Option four. All of that
10:35combined. Of course, four,
10:37>> what do you mean asking why? Because
10:40the damn bugs are trying to destroy our
10:42democracy.
10:43>> This is a great test. It's really
10:46profound, obviously. The answer is four
10:49.
10:50>> What code do I enter on the helppad to
10:52call for reinforcements? I don't think
10:54I'll even give you the options here.
10:56You have to understand.
10:57>> What if I'm doing this purely on
10:59intuition? I have a weird feeling in my
11:01head. Up, down, right, left, up, down,
11:05right, left, up, I think.
11:08>> Yes, that's it.
11:09>> Excellent. Ministry of Truth, I never
11:11doubted you.
11:12>> I have teammates who are very good at
11:15gaining this statogem. Or when I'm
11:18alone, I die and everyone else drops
11:21out, well, everyone drops out on their
11:23own. Okay. My favorite question. What's
11:26the automatons 'favorite color? Option
11:29one. Orange glow. Autumn dawn. Option
11:34two: red. Option three: none. They're
11:37just stupid robots.
11:41>> Okay, excuse me.
11:43>> Option three: metallic gray, gun-grade
11:45metallic gray at that. People, there's
11:49a note in small print here. If your
11:52score on the quiz is less than 100%,
11:55please notify the Democracy Officer.
11:58>> Holy [ __ ]. Well, a Democracy Officer
12:01isn't needed; you can voice your
12:04concerns directly. And
12:06>> yes, yes, we have someone higher up.
12:08>> Why? Why is there a robot as the
12:10Ministry of Truth's avatar now? This is
12:13what confuses me.
12:16>> He is our federation's absolutely
12:19approved delivery courier. He delivers
12:22food to our citizens.
12:24>> So, let's go again. What's the
12:27automatons' favorite color? Option one.
12:30The orange glow of an autumn dawn.
12:35Option two is red. Option three is
12:38useless. They're just stupid robots.
12:40Option four,
12:41>> and it's gunmetal gray.
12:45>> Well, of course, of course, as if
12:47landing on a planet with automatons, we
12:49see one single factor that speaks of
12:51automatons. Obviously, option three.
12:55And they're [ __ ] stupid, can you
12:57imagine, [ __ ] stupid. Stupid.
13:00>> I'm torn between the third and fourth.
13:02They're
13:04>> so nuts, they lug around hundreds of
13:06millions of tons of concrete to build a
13:09fortress that the paratroopers
13:10destroyed in three minutes.
13:13>> So stupid.
13:15>> The question about color is a trick
13:17question.
13:19>> Subscribers will judge how worthy you
13:20are of being sent to freedom camps for
13:22your, of course, correct answers.
13:24>> Hooray! Vacation! And besides this
13:27wonderful guide, I really really liked
13:30it. It's a shame, though, that all this
13:32is only on paper. Imagine if you went
13:34to Supersminica, there was a real
13:36oatmeal banquet, and at 9:00 PM, they
13:38actually showed a movie with General
13:40Brush. That would be cool, but I'm not
13:42sure it will happen. But anyway, we
13:44have a lot to look forward to. I'm
13:46actually proposing a challenge for all
13:48true hellish paratroopers. In short,
13:50land on Automatons on difficulty 10,
13:53and you can only use holiday stratagems
13:55, if they're available. I hope they are
13:58. The leaks have already shown
13:59everything. There's a beautiful eagle
14:01flyby. The eagle won't do anything,
14:03it'll just fly by beautifully. And the
14:06confetti explosion. I'm sure it won't
14:08deal any damage to anyone. It's just
14:09beautiful. Again, you land on
14:11Automatons on difficulty 10, and all
14:14the stratagems you can use are
14:15holiday-themed. There are two
14:18exceptions. This is reinforcement, to
14:19make the mission last longer than 3
14:21minutes. And if you absolutely can't
14:23complete an objective without calling
14:25down an Inferno Bomb, you can call down
14:26an Inferno Bomb. Otherwise, that's it.
14:29I suggest everyone do this. I, for
14:32example, will make one on stream. And
14:34besides the wonderful guide, the
14:36arrowheads posted a cookie recipe.
14:38Sweet freedom. I'll get around to
14:41making them too. I'm going to have a
14:43really fun morning on Monday. I'll go
14:45to the store for ingredients and
14:47prepare them before the stream. If
14:49everything goes according to plan and I
14:51don't burn my supermint because I don't
14:52use the oven often, I'll show the
14:54results on the stream. And I really
14:56like how the recipe is written: cookies
14:58, sweet freedom, accessible equipment,
15:00a precise mass calibrator-that's a
15:02scale. Two holding vessels-that's bowls
15:06. Tactical thermal delivery platform,
15:10baking sheet. Protective cover for
15:13scorched earth-that's baking parchment.
15:17Ministry-approved stasis film, cling
15:19film. Motorized mixing unit-that's a
15:23mixer. For nine cookies, we'll need 110
15:27grams of standard-issue butter, 110
15:30grams of brown freedom crystals-that's
15:32cane sugar, 45 grams of refined grains
15:35of morale. It's regular sugar, one
15:39protein powder, an egg, 1 g extra
15:42vanilla, super vanilla extract, or more
15:45precisely, 180 g of crushed Super Earth
15:48golden wheat, 3 g rapid expansion agent
15:51, 2 g tears of the enemies of freedom
15:54—that's salt—and 70 g concentrated
15:56cocoa shrapnel. Decorate everything
16:00with blue-tinted white chocolate icing
16:02and stars. Use the cooking protocols.
16:06This is the recipe the Orowheads have
16:08on Discord. I'll post it again on my
16:10Telegram channel. And attempting to
16:12make it without reading the
16:14instructions will result in transfer to
16:16the kitchen. Oh, that's fantastic,
16:18absolutely fantastic. Damn, can I
16:20please come to the Super Earth party on
16:22Monday and see the ship's captain
16:24standing right under my nose, with
16:25cookies like these on them? I think
16:28this is all so cool. I mean, I don't
16:30know about you, but when I found all
16:32this and read it, I had a blast. And it
16:34adds to the festive atmosphere. I have
16:36high expectations, actually. And
16:38although usually with Orooheads, high
16:40expectations lead to great
16:42disappointment, like Russian football
16:44in 2012. But nevertheless, I hope
16:46everything will be great. And let's
16:48move on to the patch. It's a small
16:50thing, but it's nice. First, the
16:52developers have made Bile Beetles, Puke
16:54Beetles, and so on, a separate strain.
16:57This was done for a reason. Again, if
17:00you saw the leaks, if you saw what kind
17:02of new enemy awaits us, then this was
17:04precisely to add it to this strain and
17:06make it a separate enemy type.
17:09Previously, the appearance of Puke
17:11Beetles wasn't random. In the bug guide
17:13, I talked about which missions they
17:15spawn in, but now we'll see them on the
17:17map. And actually, by the way, I'm a
17:19little upset that no one mentioned this
17:22or noticed. For everyone who complained
17:25and asked, "Where's the explanation on
17:28the galaxy map about what enemies await
17:31us?" Well, here it is. This was
17:33essentially a separate cliche before.
17:35It's just that now we'll see that we'll
17:37be facing Bile Beetles. Excellent, in
17:40my opinion. Secondly, a little about
17:42balance changes. The developers looked
17:44at the weapons from the Hale Kilzon
17:46Warbonds and decided that they weren't
17:48powerful enough. And, in principle, I
17:50agree with them. However, we still have
17:53different views on this issue. I
17:55believe the problem with the Hale
17:57Kilzon Warbonds is that the weapons
17:59from these warbonds don't provide any
18:02unique abilities or unique experiences.
18:04Okay, this isn't so true with the Hale
18:07Warbond, because after the stealth
18:08rework, the weapons from it—namely
18:10the pistol, machine guns, and pistol—
18:13have truly become niche and quite good.
18:15The silenced pistol from the Hale
18:17Warbond, for example, is one of my
18:18favorites. But the Killzone Warbond, in
18:20my opinion, is simply worthless. But
18:22let's get back to the changes. And
18:24again, I really like how the developers
18:26have started writing the patches
18:28themselves. They now describe what they
18:30see as the problem and how they want to
18:32solve it. However, what I disagree with
18:35is that the changes they made will
18:38solve the problem described. So here's
18:41the problem. Warbond and Killzone
18:43weapons were inferior to their
18:44counterparts in effectiveness because
18:46they couldn't be modified. What did
18:48they do about it? They slightly buffed
18:50almost all the barrels in these
18:51Warbonds. And these changes are only
18:54noticeable on the Heilo Warbond shotgun
18:56. Why? Because they increased the
18:58damage and durability of each pellet.
19:01As a result, even at long range, this
19:03shotgun began to one-shot, for example,
19:05those same Bug Hunters more often. And
19:07that's nice; it didn't do that before.
19:09So, the change is small, but noticeable
19:11within the context of the game. You
19:12used to need two shots, now you need
19:14one. Although, it would seem, the
19:16damage hasn't increased much. But if we
19:18take assault rifles, nothing much has
19:21changed. Look, there's the assault
19:23rifle from Hale. They reduced its
19:25recoil slightly and increased its
19:26damage against solid targets slightly.
19:28But the rifle's main problem was the
19:31ammunition. So, the MA5s rifle was
19:33still powerful with medium armor
19:35penetration, and it still has powerful
19:37with medium armor penetration. It just
19:41has slightly less recoil now, which
19:43makes it easier to hit heads and other
19:45weak points, making it just as
19:47effective, in accurate shooting, as
19:50rifles with light armor penetration.
19:53And the main drawback of this rifle has
19:55always been its small ammunition
19:57capacity, because an assault rifle with
19:59medium armor penetration differs from
20:00an assault rifle with light armor
20:02penetration in that it is more
20:04forgiving and allows you to shoot at
20:06medium armor. So, if you give it more
20:09ammo, you'll essentially make it a good
20:11alternative to the Liberator with
20:13average armor penetration. Why didn't
20:16they do that? Well, because that's the
20:18core tradition of the Ruhheads. Their
20:19weapon balance and strategism are
20:21mostly cosmetic. Sometimes it works
20:23well, like with the Hale shotgun. And
20:26sometimes, well, I didn't feel anything
20:28. No change. The Kilzon rifle and
20:31Kilzon submachine gun also had their
20:33recoil reduced. The P-Ps got better
20:36ergonomics, the rifles got more ammo,
20:39and none of that matters. The rifle's
20:42downside was the lack of a proper scope
20:44, because the Kilzon Warbond rifle is a
20:46rifle with light armor penetration. So,
20:50its concept is that you should shoot at
20:52weak spots, which is very difficult to
20:54do with the terrible scope it comes
20:56with. Especially considering how the
20:59maps in H-Divers 2 love weather effects
21:02, so to speak, and pretty color effects
21:04. It's impossible to aim through this
21:06scope. I still can't shoot at long
21:08range. Tell me, was there no
21:10customization at all in Kilzon? I just
21:12don't know. So no one ever changed the
21:14scopes on the rifles there, right? And
21:17it's generally haram to put a different
21:19scope on this rifle, am I right? Well,
21:21then they should have given it some
21:23medium armor penetration, so it would
21:25be a rifle for close-to-medium range
21:27that can destroy everything. But as it
21:29is, it's a rifle where you're supposed
21:31to shoot at weak points, but you can't
21:32shoot at weak points properly because
21:34there's no scope. That's nonsense. And
21:36the changes in this patch don't solve
21:38this problem at all. I haven't touched
21:41the PP, so I won't comment yet. I have
21:43touched the Accelerator Rifle, so I'll
21:45comment later. And the rawheads noticed
21:48a funny problem with this barrel, which
21:50actually does exist. It's that when you
21:53fire the Accelerator Rifle, the enemy
21:55twitches, and the Accelerator Rifle
21:58only fires in bursts. There's no other
22:00choice. Because the enemy twitches,
22:02your first shot hits the target, but
22:05the rest land slightly off-target. And
22:07it's not because you're cross-eyed, but
22:09because, again, the enemy twitched from
22:11the first shot. And it was annoying,
22:13but in practice, it wasn't a problem,
22:15because, look, we have several
22:17scenarios for how we use the
22:19Accelerator Rifle. Scenario one. We use
22:22it against light enemies, like Terminid
22:24Warriors, Automaton Destroyers, and so
22:27on. This rifle one-shots them all in
22:30their weak spots. That is, if you hit
22:32the head, it destroys the enemy. If you
22:35miss, then, well, it depends. And
22:38because of the reduction in stagger
22:40power, they, the gods, it's ridiculous.
22:42They reduced stagger power from 20 to
22:4415, that is, by only five points. And
22:46in terms of headshots, nothing changed.
22:48Your first shot hit the target and
22:50killed the enemy, and the other two
22:53were simply wasted. That's how it
22:55remained. Nothing changed. The second
22:56scenario is you were shooting at
22:58ultra-light opponents. They were simply
23:00obliterated. Bug scavengers, Illuminati
23:02zombies, regular bobot soldiers—it
23:04didn't matter where you fired, you
23:06killed them. And if you're as
23:08straight-armed as a super-private Letov
23:10cadet, then you could even take out
23:12several light opponents with that
23:14three-round burst. Okay? The balance
23:16changes had absolutely no effect on
23:18that. And the third scenario is you're
23:20shooting at a Charger's ass or Hulk's
23:22vents. These are large units, and to
23:24stage them, you need to build up stager
23:26strength. There's a mechanic there, so
23:29the more you shoot, the more stager
23:30strength you build up, and so on. I've
23:32already talked about this. It's
23:33precisely because of this mechanic that
23:35you sometimes have situations where the
23:37enemy stages right away, and sometimes
23:39after a while. So, regarding the
23:41scenario where you shoot, well, let's
23:43take the Charger's ass as an example,
23:45yes, nothing has changed. He doesn't
23:48flinch, he doesn't stage if you shoot
23:49him in the ass. And if you're lucky
23:52with the Tagerices, then it's a big ass
23:54, no big deal, you hit him anyway. So,
23:57the changes are cosmetic, not even
23:59cosmetic, they're just fundamental, yes
24:01, not fundamental, they haven't really
24:04changed anything. Okay, now the
24:07Accelerator reloads faster. Instead of
24:103.3 seconds, it reloads in 2.7 seconds.
24:14They reduced it by half a second, but
24:15the reload is still incredibly slow.
24:17The Accelerator Rifle's main problem
24:19has always been something else. There
24:21were two. It was the ammunition and the
24:22armor penetration. The Accelerator
24:24Rifle isn't powerful enough to simply
24:27fire at an enemy, like, say, a Pyro.
24:30It's the best barrel of the free
24:32Warbont, also a plasma one. It doesn't
24:34matter where you fire it. You'll just
24:36knock them out with damage. That
24:37doesn't work with the Accelerator Rifle
24:39. But if you give it heavy armor
24:41penetration, it becomes a rifle with
24:43limited ammunition, but with the
24:45ability to blow away the Hulk's head,
24:47with the ability to destroy Illuminati
24:49mechs or Illuminati Reapers much faster
24:51, with the ability to finish off, say,
24:53a Charger, anywhere on the body or rip
24:55off their leg armor. So, for this rifle
24:59to really shine, it needs heavy armor
25:01penetration, or, okay, maybe not heavy
25:04armor penetration, but it needs more
25:06ammunition, because it has incredibly
25:08little ammunition and needs to be
25:10reloaded incredibly often, and there
25:12seem to be no opponents for this rifle.
25:15The only enemies that are suitable for
25:17it are pukes on beetles. And only
25:19because they can be killed with
25:21headshots. That's it, there are no
25:22other decent targets. This rifle is
25:24useless, and that's its main problem.
25:26And at the same time, because of the
25:28ammo capacity, the Accelerator Rifle
25:30positions itself as some kind of
25:31special weapon for special purposes
25:33with some special functionality. But
25:35that's not true. It simply doesn't
25:37exist. And the changes the arrowheads
25:40made don't solve this problem. It's
25:42just as useless as it was before, and
25:45it remains useless and useless. Now
25:47about the sickles. The Arrowheads
25:49simply slightly enhanced their
25:50abilities. Here's an example of that
25:53very cosmetic buff, where they slightly
25:55changed the numbers. I call those buffs
25:58cosmetic. But the change is noticeable.
26:01I played with the sickles, and they
26:03reduced the delay before firing,
26:05seemingly from 0.5 seconds to 0.33
26:07seconds. It's noticeable. It's
26:10downright palpable. The standard sickle
26:12also fires longer because they reduced
26:14the heat generated per shot. However, a
26:17number popped up in the patch notes
26:19that really surprised me. It turns out
26:21that both sickles, the regular one and
26:23the double-edged one, don't immediately
26:25begin to cool down after you finish
26:27firing them, but there's a slight delay
26:28. What's that for? And they reduced
26:32this parameter from 1.33 seconds to
26:340.66 seconds. And I think this
26:37parameter is as unnecessary as the
26:39recoil on a laser weapon. Remember at
26:41some point when laser weapons like the
26:43scythe, the laser shotgun—I forgot
26:45what it's called, the trident—got a
26:47kickback? Oh, and the laser cannon
26:49started to have kickback. And everyone
26:51wondered: why the hell? Why would a
26:53laser weapon need kickback? So, what's
26:56going on around the sickle batteries
26:58that they take so long to cool down?
27:01Like, did they heat up the air so much,
27:03or are the Hell Marine's hot gloves
27:04preventing them from cooling right away
27:06? Now that this half-second delay is
27:09practically nonsensical. Why the hell
27:11would it be needed, why the hell would
27:12it be needed? I don't get it. But the
27:14buff is nice, let it be there. Thanks,
27:16Aruhed. All shotguns with light armor
27:19penetration, not just the Halo one,
27:20also received increased damage per
27:22pellet, as well as durability damage.
27:24That's nice. You'll see more one-shots
27:26from shotguns with light armor
27:28penetration. This should especially
27:30impact the Hurricane Crusher shotgun,
27:32by the way. It should buff it quite a
27:35bit. Anyone who's played with it, tell
27:37me how it feels now, because it was
27:39just a piece of junk before. There's a
27:41section on missions in the patch notes.
27:42It says there have been some minor
27:45balance adjustments to the missions.
27:48Critical Materials Extraction is when
27:50you protect generators. And behind that
27:53line are actually new maps. Yes, new
27:55maps have been added for this mission,
27:57for the Leaders, the Automatons, and
27:59the Illuminati, and they're appearing
28:00periodically now. I highly recommend
28:02checking them out. It's cool, I liked
28:04them. First of all, the new maps have
28:06added artillery. So, when you land, you
28:08can load up your artillery, just like
28:10in regular missions, and call it in.
28:12Cool. They've also significantly
28:14widened the passage through which
28:16enemies can enter your base, but at the
28:18same time improved firing positions and
28:21spread out the generators. They're now
28:23spaced farther apart, making it harder
28:25for enemies to wipe you all at once.
28:28That means a single breach that
28:30destroyed one generator can still be
28:32countered. My comrades and I lost two
28:34of the three generators at the start of
28:36the mission and heroically defended the
28:38last one. Cool. Great changes, great
28:41new maps. But the Maxigan buff, in my
28:44opinion, is debatable. Yes, there are
28:46some good things. They increased the
28:48knockback momentum. That means the
28:50Maxigan knocks back both living enemies
28:52and, more importantly, corpses. That's
28:54good. It allows the Maxigan to fire for
28:56longer. However, they didn't add the
28:58ability to move with the Maxigan. Oh,
29:00these half measures. Now, after you
29:02fire the Maxigan, you can jump away
29:04immediately, instead of after half a
29:06second, as before. And yes, that's a
29:08good change, but could I please walk
29:10slowly, but still, with the Maxigan?
29:13There was a mod, and by the way, it's
29:14already been brought back; I'll show
29:15you later, that allows you to walk
29:16around with a Maxi-Gun. And the
29:18Maxi-Gun becomes a really cool weapon
29:20because if a Charger or Titan dies in
29:23front of you, your fire is blocked, and
29:25you're forced to move anyway. Why not
29:28make it possible to walk and shoot?
29:29Well, we'll wait another year for the
29:31RuHeads to figure that out. Thanks to
29:33the modders, we don't have to wait a
29:35year. This, by the way, counts as early
29:38access to content that hasn't been
29:40released yet. I'm predicting that
29:41within a year you'll be able to
29:43officially walk around with a Maxi-Gun.
29:45The Explosive Hammer has been given
29:47additional explosive shells. Thanks,
29:49three more now. That's good. Let it be.
29:52The orbital shrapnel salvo has been
29:54improved. This stratagem was previously
29:57useless. Why? You'd think four shrapnel
30:00salvos from orbit. They should clear
30:02out the small fry perfectly. However,
30:03because the shrapnel was spread over a
30:05fairly wide area, these volleys, even
30:07when aimed at a large crowd of beetles,
30:09often fell on deaf ears. That is, the
30:12beetles would pass between the volleys;
30:13they could literally pass between the
30:15shrapnel. You'd throw a seemingly
30:18powerful Stratogem and not see a
30:19killstreak. So what did the Arouhede do
30:21? They made the shrapnel fall more
30:24densely, much more densely. And now,
30:27when you throw a volley of shrapnel at
30:29a breakthrough, you see that coveted
30:31killstreak. Excellent. Thanks, Arouhede
30:34. Heavy flamethrower damage, like that
30:37of the Flamethrower Turret and the
30:39Lumberjack Mech, has been increased
30:41from three to eight points of fire
30:43damage. That's nice; the Flamethrower
30:46Turret was already very effective
30:48against some enemies, like Spore
30:49Beetles. Now it's performing even
30:51better. I recommend giving it a try.
30:54And the Gas Eagle's damage has finally
30:57been reduced from 50 to 40, which means
30:59it can't cover certain objects, like
31:02automatons 'eyes. On the one hand, it's
31:05sad because it's NF, but on the other,
31:07in H-Divers 2, stratagem balance is
31:09crucial, meaning there shouldn't be a
31:11single, all-around powerful stratagem
31:13that can cover every objective. And
31:15that's just how it turned out with the
31:17Gas Eagle. Another question is why this
31:20bug persisted for so long. What was so
31:24hard about changing one number for
31:25another? Why did they wait over a month
31:28for this, two months, actually? And at
31:31the end of the patch, there were a ton
31:33of bug fixes. Kudos to RooHead for that
31:36. Good job fixing the game and fixing
31:39the issues. Let's move on to Warbond.
31:41And you know, for me, it's a Warbond of
31:43contrasts. I absolutely love everything
31:45about this Warbond. But for every item
31:49in Warbond, or, okay, almost every item
31:51, there's an example of shoddy work,
31:53the kind you'd expect from the Oroheads
31:56. Okay, you're expecting some, I'll
31:58tell you about that now. But for some,
32:00well, how could they do that? That's so
32:02out of their league. They don't usually
32:05do that. And the shoddy work was
32:06obvious from the very beginning. As
32:08soon as you bought Warbond at release
32:10—I unfortunately don't have any
32:12footage, but those who bought Warbond
32:14right away saw it. The card layout in
32:16Warbond is really, really clunky.
32:18Instead of a nice, standard rectangle,
32:21as is always the case in Warbond,
32:23there's some goddamn mess. Seriously,
32:26what is this? And on the first page,
32:28there are three items: armor, a rifle,
32:30and a mine. Let's start with something
32:33simple, armor. We have three armors in
32:35Warbond. Light with leafy details,
32:37medium, which is quite nice, in my
32:39opinion. And there's another one in
32:41Supergazine—a winter version of
32:43sniper armor. They share the same
32:45passive. It reduces weapon sway by 35%,
32:48reduces movement noise by 15%, and
32:51reduces visibility, but only when the
32:53Hell Marine is stationary. Overall, I'd
32:57say this is cosplay armor. As stealth
32:59armor, it's inferior to the armor and
33:01StealthWarbond. As marksmanship armor,
33:03it's inferior to armor that buffs
33:05ergonomics. But if you want to cosplay
33:08a sniper, this is perfect, especially
33:10considering the dynamic camouflage that
33:11adapts to the environment. There are
33:14four options, and it's a really cool
33:16thing. Incidentally, a mod has already
33:18been released that makes dynamic
33:20camouflage available for all armor in
33:21the game. It's certainly not the same
33:24as a complete repaint, but I hope it
33:26comes back soon, if it hasn't already.
33:28A sniper rifle with heavy armor
33:30penetration has been added to the
33:32primary weapon slot. And yes, let's say
33:35this right away. And as for the
33:37rawheads, how can that be? Who does
33:39that? You start the Warbond trailer
33:41with the rifle one-shotting the Hulk in
33:43the eye. And you know, I have no
33:45complaints, or rather, wouldn't have
33:48any complaints, that it's not true,
33:50because the rifle—let me just call
33:52the R40 target-focused rifle a
33:54bolt-action rifle. Okay? Target-focused
33:57is too complicated. In short, I have no
33:59complaints about the bolt-action rifle
34:01not doing that. My complaint is that
34:03you showed it in the trailer. It's a
34:05betrayal of expectations. It's simply
34:06something that could have been avoided.
34:09I understand that your marketing people
34:10were sitting there and saying, "Oh, how
34:12cool would it be if we showed a
34:13one-shot to the eye of Hulk with a
34:14weapon that's in the primary slot in
34:16the trailer? But you could have done it
34:18differently. You could have played with
34:20it." Let's say, the first shot. The
34:23rifle didn't one-shot Hulk. Hulk turned
34:26. You showed an important feature of
34:27the rifle. It doesn't always
34:29immediately aggro the enemy it killed.
34:31And this is despite the fact that it
34:32doesn't have a silencer, by the way.
34:34But if you shoot from a distance, the
34:36enemy will often turn towards you, but
34:37won't start shooting back, which allows
34:39for a second shot if you're shooting at
34:41a stealth player from afar. So, okay.
34:43The rifle fired the first shot. Hulk
34:46turned, and a second Hell Marine
34:48appeared with a new emote. Shoot! He
34:51made this gesture. A second shot from
34:53this rifle is fired. Hulk falls with a
34:55broken head. That's it. Why didn't you
34:58do that? Why? Why this deception? This
35:01is just crap that I hope won't happen
35:03again. It's ugly. However, the rifle
35:05itself is excellent. Yes. It's worse
35:08than any sniper weapon in the third
35:10slot. It's worse than the anti-material
35:12rifle, it's worse than the Apex, and
35:13worse than the New One. And yes, you
35:16have to shoot for weak spots, but at
35:18the same time, Bug Warriors are
35:19one-shot, Bug Hunters are one-shot, and
35:22Pukemon are one-shot. All this if you
35:24shoot for the head: Alpha Commanders-
35:26two headshots. Automaton Destroyers-one
35:29headshot. Regular warriors-one shot
35:32anywhere. The Cozhuk Scavenger, by the
35:34way, is also one shot anywhere. On
35:35Illuminati zombies, a shot to the body
35:37or headshot. Moreover, the projectile
35:39can penetrate multiple targets. If
35:42you're shooting at a crowd of light
35:43enemies, you'll often find that a shot
35:45kills not just one enemy, but several.
35:48But this rifle really shines if you're
35:51a skilled marksman and know how to keep
35:53your distance. On automatons, it's a
35:56real joy to knock out hulks in two
35:58shots. The automatons' flying ships and
36:00gunships fly off in two shots while in
36:02the engine. It's absolutely fantastic.
36:04In my opinion, it's best for rifles
36:06that are in the primary slot. Right now
36:08, the bolt action rifle is the best
36:09weapon for knocking down gunships. On
36:11beetles, I've already listed the
36:13options—you can take out anyone from
36:14a distance. And you'd think you
36:17wouldn't want to take this rifle into a
36:19big fight. You'd think if you take this
36:23sniper rifle, you wouldn't go into
36:26close combat. But let's take it against
36:29factions that are famous for forcing
36:31close combat. Illuminati vote thieves.
36:35Remember how we praised the bolt pistol
36:37for how two shots to the head of a
36:38pyramid head knocks it down, and the
36:40third shot finishes it off. Well, this
36:43rifle does the same thing. This rifle
36:45allows you to simply annihilate
36:47pyramids of heads in batches. Four
36:49shots to the joint of a reaper.
36:51Unfortunately, I didn't test this rifle
36:53on egg twisters, like the rest of
36:55Warbon, because they weren't on the map
36:56, and the developers cut the mods. I
36:58can't even change the spawn for myself
37:01yet. But I'm sure it will be perfect
37:04against mechs, too, because you can
37:05shoot the joint and take out a mech
37:07from a distance in a few shots. And in
37:10close combat, it's actually not that
37:12bad. If you know how to shoot in third
37:14person, that is, without aiming down
37:16the sights, then this is a pretty good
37:18shotgun, as long as you hit the heads.
37:20And just look at the barrels. It's
37:22entirely possible. An excellent,
37:24excellent barrel, absolutely
37:26magnificent. It's probably now either
37:28one of my favorites, or my favorite
37:30ever. And I've had the best sniper
37:31performance of my life with this rifle.
37:34I'm not a particularly good marksman,
37:36but this rifle, firstly, somehow
37:38magically makes me hit heads, and
37:40secondly, it gives me incredible
37:43positive emotions. And it's great, this
37:45rifle goes well with the mine. And a
37:47lot of people on the internet have
37:49already hated the snare mine. It's a
37:51stun mine. You throw it, and it spreads
37:54a mini minefield around itself, which
37:56stuns mines with low damage. There's
37:59only 50 units. They even damage the
38:01Hell Marine, okay, but they don't
38:03really kill. And this, unfortunately,
38:05is another example of poor work. These
38:07mines can be air-launched. That is, you
38:09threw them around no one at all. No one
38:11walked on them. They explode on their
38:13own. I don't know, they can trigger
38:14each other. Moreover, if you throw them
38:16directly at the enemy's feet, you won't
38:18be able to immediately stop the beetles
38:20chasing you. Or whoever is chasing you.
38:22It takes time for the mini to scatter
38:25its little minions. However, I love
38:28positioning in Hievers 2. I'm a real
38:30fan. And this mine has several
38:33interesting uses. Firstly, if a crowd
38:35is chasing you, for example, an entire
38:37breach, you can stun them for a short
38:39time. Moreover, the mines will stop
38:41anyone who is even slightly susceptible
38:42to stun. The largest enemies
38:44susceptible to stun are Hulks, Chargers
38:47on beetles, and Pyramidheads and
38:49Meatballs on Illuminati. The mines will
38:52stop all of them. And, of course, this
38:55fits in with the sniper playstyle. You
38:58can block approaches to yourself, and
39:00this way the enemies won't get there
39:02right away, but you can stun entire
39:03crowds if you throw these mines in
39:05advance. And this is actually very
39:08convenient and really helps your
39:09comrades. It combines really well with
39:11the Maxin. It combines really well with
39:14turrets. It's really cool on wall
39:17missions, when you're literally mining
39:19passages very quickly, because you're
39:21given five mines. And you can stop a
39:23very dangerous breakthrough this way.
39:26And during extraction, an entire squad
39:28of Hell Marines is just right in a
39:30situation where you're at a point with
39:32several passages to it, and you need to
39:34mine those passages. This way, enemy
39:36patrols, who usually attack from
39:38different sides, won't be able to reach
39:39you quickly, and you'll definitely
39:41notice them because the mines explode
39:42very loudly. In short, it's a very,
39:45very niche grenade, but it's suitable
39:48for a sniper, and it has its uses. I
39:50really liked it. Although, yes, most
39:53people won't like it, because a grenade
39:55with kills is also, in principle, a
39:57fair position, I don't criticize. On
39:59the second page of Warbond, we
40:01encounter another armor set and the
40:03Apex, aka the Apogee, an armor-piercing
40:05autocannon. Its catch is that it
40:08doesn't have explosive damage, meaning
40:10it won't open the garages where Super
40:12Credits are stored. And the Apex is yet
40:14another example of poor work. I don't
40:17know how they could have a bug in a
40:19rifle that specializes in shooting
40:21heavy enemies from a distance, where
40:24the damage drops off sharply at range.
40:28Those who have played with the Apex, I
40:29think, understand what I'm talking
40:31about, because when you shoot at an
40:32enemy, you can't even properly
40:33calculate how many shots it takes for
40:35them to die. Because at one range they
40:38die, with a certain number of shots the
40:40range slightly increases by five meters
40:42, everything is now one shot longer,
40:44and so on. But the paradox of the Apex
40:47is that even in this state, it's
40:48unplayable. Pardon my French.
40:51Warstrider, the jointed legs are one
40:54shot. A Titan, any Titan, takes two
40:57headshots. A Tiftelka takes three. Two
41:00shots to the pyramid's head. One shot
41:02to the Hulk's head, two anywhere. It
41:05has anti-tank armor penetration, which
41:07means it can destroy automaton
41:09factories. And no matter where you
41:11shoot, it destroys tanks, it destroys
41:13connecting rod factories. And again,
41:15now, due to the annoying abundance, the
41:17number of shots required to destroy one
41:19varies. But the closer the enemies get
41:21to you, the fewer shots it takes. And
41:23it's an incredibly enjoyable rifle. Yes
41:25, you waste both a backpack slot and a
41:27strategist weapon slot, but it really
41:29makes you feel its power. It really
41:32lets you take out heavy enemies. Oh,
41:34and automaton flyers, of course, can be
41:36one-shot in the engine. And I'm sure
41:39that when the rifle is repaired,
41:40they'll be one-shot anywhere.
41:43Illuminati ships, by the way, can be
41:44destroyed too. Well, brilliant.
41:46Excellent, I liked it. And yes, I think
41:48everyone already knows that you have to
41:50shoot the Apex while sitting or prone,
41:52because if you shoot standing, you'll
41:54be knocked back, and if you fire
41:56several shots standing in a row, you'll
41:58break your arm. It's a cool feature
42:00that compensates for the Apex's
42:02incredible lethality. On the third page
42:04of the Warbond, we're greeted by two
42:06more weapons. These are the Nova
42:08strategist laser sniper rifle and the
42:10Smoke submachine gun, which goes in the
42:12secondary weapon slot. Let's talk about
42:14the Nova. It's basically like a healthy
42:17person's railgun. It also has no
42:19explosive damage. That means you'll
42:21have to open the garages somehow else.
42:23But the fifth anti-tank armor
42:25penetration is silent shots. Yes,
42:28that's a feature of laser weapons. They
42:30have silent shots, but at the same time
42:32, they have a noisy projectile. Hulks
42:33are one-shot in the eye. Warrider is
42:35also one-shot in the eye, by the way.
42:38The weak spot is right here, in the
42:39upper eye. Large automaton turrets are
42:42one-shot. Small automaton turrets are
42:44one-shot anywhere. The Automaton
42:46Factory falls in three shots. The only
42:49seemingly not-so-minor drawback, but a
42:51new balancing feature, is that you have
42:54to let it cool down before each shot.
42:57However, it cools down very slightly,
42:59literally a second and a half. The
43:01Inova proves itself as an excellent
43:03all-around weapon on the automaton
43:05front. It also proves itself as an
43:07excellent anti-tank weapon on the
43:08beetle front. Of course, two shots to
43:10the head of a Titan, and any spore one
43:12too. And it's dead. One shot to the
43:15mask of the Impaler when it's immersed
43:17its tentacles. Two shots to the head of
43:19the Charger. And it's only not
43:20particularly effective on Illuminati.
43:22Although one shot will knock off the
43:24mask of a Pyramid Head. As a rule, two
43:26shots are required to the leg joint of
43:28a Reaper. On Otzratorela, everyone can
43:30be one-shot, but only if you hit the
43:31head. It's their Illuminati specialty.
43:34If you hit the body, the first shot
43:35will only knock off armor. So, the
43:37performance will be worse than on
43:39automotos and beetles, but still decent
43:41. It's great for team missions because
43:44it's a laser weapon; it has no ammo,
43:46which is one of the main problems in
43:48team missions. It has the best scope in
43:51the game. It's a combat scope with 4x
43:53zoom. Incidentally, for some reason, I
43:55find it comfortable to shoot with this
43:57scope, but in third-person mode—I
43:59don't know why, maybe it's just my own
44:01peculiarity—I'm completely off-target
44:03with the Nova. But I don't think it's
44:04the weapon itself, but rather that my
44:06poor shooting skills return when I
44:07don't use the scope. The damage per
44:09shot doesn't change with distance. It's
44:11a laser weapon, after all. And on snowy
44:13planets, the Nova cools down much
44:15faster. Overall, it's lovely, lovely. I
44:17really liked the Nova. I also liked the
44:20Smoke pistol. It's the last thing
44:23Arbond has, aside from cosmetics. It'd
44:25seem like another pistol with light
44:27armor penetration. Why would we need it
44:30? But its high damage makes it a very
44:33interesting alternative. You can set it
44:36to single-shot mode by holding down the
44:38reload button. And on assault rifles,
44:41you essentially get a barrel that can
44:43take out a Destroyer in the eye with
44:45two shots, with virtually no recoil, in
44:48single-shot mode, and often one-shot
44:50them, or whatever. Two shots will be
44:52needed for smaller soldiers. In
44:54full-auto mode, the Smoke pistol
44:56doesn't have a particularly impressive
44:58rate of fire. It's quite low, but the
45:00recoil is reasonable. And it does its
45:03job quite well, which is finishing off
45:05those who break through to you in close
45:07combat. Of course, you can fire while
45:10running. And I'd say it's a great
45:12addition to a sniper build. Overall, if
45:15you're taking something heavy, like a
45:17Spewer in your primary slot, or
45:19something anti-tank or sniper in your
45:20third slot, then the Smoke Gun will be
45:22a great fit for your pistol. I highly
45:25recommend trying it out and playing
45:27around with the firing modes. It's a
45:29shame the armor penetration isn't
45:31average, but then again, it doesn't
45:33really need it, since its intended
45:35purpose is either to target weak spots
45:37on automatons or finish off bugs and
45:39zombies that run into you in close
45:41combat. And for that, the damage is
45:43high enough, and almost everyone who
45:45gets to you will have light armor or no
45:47armor at all. Overall, I really liked
45:50the Warband, despite a fair amount of
45:52poor quality. Oh, and I haven't
45:54mentioned one thing yet. I think you've
45:56noticed that the animation of drawing
45:58the new one from his shoulder and
45:59putting it back from behind his
46:01shoulder is kind of weird. It's
46:03Quasar's animation, actually, but it
46:05doesn't fit. Novi, what is that? Have
46:08you seen how he folds it? The Kakat
46:09Marine puts it behind his shoulder.
46:11It's cringe. Another hack job for the
46:14Aroheads. However, the best thing I did
46:16with this Warbond, okay, I did two good
46:18things. The first is the challenge.
46:21It's called Iron Hellverver. Yeah,
46:23almost an iron kyron. Hell Marine. The
46:26idea is that you drop into a mission
46:28without stgems. And a sniper rifle with
46:30heavy armor penetration in the primary
46:32slot is incredibly well suited for this
46:34. And secondly, I watched a video from
46:36Letogo where he said that the sniper
46:38Warbond isn't particularly suitable for
46:40active combat. And that's true, I can't
46:42argue with that. But the best emotions
46:45I had were actually going into open
46:47combat with a loadout and a sniper
46:48Warbond. Yes, you have to manage your
46:51range very tightly and position
46:52yourself correctly. You have to aim for
46:55heads very accurately and often. You
46:57have to use close combat when the bugs
46:59finally reach you and switch between
47:01weapons in time. But if you have
47:03turrets that hold the front and pick
47:05off heavy enemies from behind the
47:07turrets with weapons with anti-tank
47:09armor penetration, and pick off light
47:11and medium enemies with a sniper rifle,
47:13finishing off those who managed to run
47:15past the turrets from the haze—well,
47:17that's fantastic. And I really enjoyed
47:19doing that on any faction. I highly
47:22recommend you try it, so for me, this
47:24Warbond is probably a tier one weapon.
47:27Yes, it's very niche, and if I were
47:29being objective, I'd put it in the AR,
47:31partly because it's not only shoddy but
47:33also extremely sparse in terms of
47:34content, as there are no vehicle
47:36cosmetics in Arbond. Although, why?
47:39Imagine, covering vehicles with all
47:41sorts of camouflage nets would be cool,
47:43in my opinion, but for me, this is an
47:45S-tier. And I highly recommend it to
47:47anyone who likes to shoot accurately.
47:49It's exactly what you need. And as an
47:51addition to the variety of weapons
47:53already in the game, the sniper rifles
47:55that are already there, thanks to their
47:58heavy and anti-tank armor penetration,
48:00combine perfectly with the huge variety
48:02of weapons that already exist. So, for
48:05me, an S-tier is an S-tier. That's cool
48:08. And finally, a few more words about
48:11mods. I deliberately put this section
48:13at the end because it causes a lot of
48:15fights. On the one hand, I like it. I
48:18love discussions, I love exchanging
48:20opinions, I love when people disagree
48:22with me, sincerely disagree, and not
48:24just for the sake of arguing. And for
48:27me, it was very surprising to find
48:29myself on the side that defends
48:30cheaters. Although that's not entirely
48:32true, but let's take things one by one.
48:34First, I want to talk about my feelings
48:37about RHAD Game Studios. In one of the
48:39videos, I already said that they are
48:41like an old dumbass friend to me. Again
48:43, forgive my French, but this word
48:45describes the relationship perfectly.
48:47You love your friend. You've been
48:50through so much with them, and they've
48:52given you so much, well, let's use the
48:53word "content," and you're not just not
48:55ready, you don't want to give them up.
48:58Firstly, what are they like without you
48:59, secondly, what are you like without
49:00them, and thirdly, they're fun. I
49:02consider Rawheads to be creative,
49:04talented people who, thanks to their
49:07vision, created a wonderful game that,
49:09three years later, is still alive and
49:12kicking and quite popular. But that
49:15vision, and I don't know if it's their
49:17personality or their relationship with
49:19Sony, I don't know. But something
49:21compels Rawheads to regularly make
49:24strange decisions. Ultimately, my
49:26feelings about Rawheads are, well,
49:28mixed. I criticize them for decisions
49:30that I think are bad. I praise them for
49:32decisions that I think are good. Let me
49:34say, for the sake of balance, that
49:36recently, given Rawheads 'unpopular
49:37decisions, it's become fashionable to
49:39criticize them for everything. I've
49:41often heard, both in the comments and
49:43from friends, the phrase "oh, thanks
49:44for not nerfing." People, Rawheads
49:46haven't nerfed anything en masse for
49:48two years now, since the game's first
49:50summer. The mass nerfs have stopped.
49:52Calm down, there won't be any mass
49:53nerfs. That's it, Nova won't be nerfed,
49:56Apex will be fixed. There will be no
49:58nerfs. But controversial decisions,
50:00unfortunately, do and will continue to
50:02exist, and I will express my opinion on
50:03them because I can. I can and I will.
50:07And this phrase "I can and I will"
50:08seems to me key to understanding the
50:10conflict around Hivers 2 mods. Let's
50:13review the basics a bit. We have Steam,
50:16the PlayStation Store, the Xbox Store,
50:18and there's a group of developers in
50:20Sweden who are making sure that HDERS 2
50:23is available in all stores. We all got
50:25a download button, then a "play" button
50:27, and we could download the game. These
50:30people, okay, we don't really care
50:32legally who owns the rights to HDI or
50:34how many rights Sony has. It's
50:37unimportant. These specific people in
50:39Sweden actually own the game. If they
50:41want to change something, they will.
50:44For example, the annoying bouncing
50:46balls in Strategist. After reviewing
50:48the mods, I realized it wasn't a bug,
50:50it was a feature. The mod that fixes
50:52the bounce of Strategist balls weighs
50:54several kilobytes. It's a change to a
50:56single line of code. The fact that
50:58Strategist balls occasionally bounce,
51:00even though you seemingly threw them
51:02just fine, isn't a feature, it's the
51:04developers' vision. And the developers,
51:06based on their vision, can and will do
51:08whatever they want with the game. It's
51:11just a fact. If they want to make a
51:13tank with a rotating turret, they will;
51:15if they don't, they won't. And right
51:17now, we don't care whether that's good
51:18or bad. Well, it's just a fact. And it
51:21would seem that the same is true:
51:22players have only two options. They can
51:25either go along with the game, that is,
51:27accept the developers 'vision, or, if
51:29players don't like it, they can give up
51:31and stop playing. However, that's not
51:34the case. Let's ignore the fact that
51:35review bombing influences the
51:37developers, and that Hivivers 2 is
51:39changing under pressure from players.
51:40That's not what matters to us right now
51:42. What matters is that Hell Divers 2 is
51:44out on PC and that mods exist. And
51:46besides the option to tweak or stop
51:48playing, there's a third option. It's
51:51either create a mod or find one that
51:53changes the game the way you want.
51:56That's a fact, too. And please, don't
51:58go on about license agreements that
52:00prohibit tampering with the game's code
52:02, or about how it's an online game and
52:04you can't change anything online,
52:05blah-blah-blah—none of that matters.
52:09You can't run a red light either. And
52:12you can't pirate, for example, the
52:13Adobe Premiere editing program. But
52:15somehow it just so happens that I have
52:18an unlicensed Adobe Premiere and use it
52:20to edit my videos, while right next to
52:22it is an equally unlicensed Photoshop.
52:24It's a fact. Whether it's good or bad
52:27that players can manipulate the game
52:29however they want is irrelevant. And so
52:32we live in a world where there are
52:35multiple versions of the game on PC.
52:37Moreover, it's possible to customize
52:39the game to suit your needs. Not just
52:41visually, but in general, however you
52:43want. And just as the developers want
52:45and will do with the game and change it
52:47however they want, PC players will do
52:49the same, changing the game however
52:51they want, because they can and will.
52:54That's just a fact. My criticism of
52:56Hiivers 2 and the HDERS 2 developers is
52:58how they're handling this situation,
53:00because there is, in my opinion, the
53:02most stupid solution. That stupid
53:04solution is what the developers have
53:06done now. They changed the anti-cheat,
53:09which is why many players who didn't
53:11even use mods can't launch the game. I
53:14have a friend who plays on a laptop,
53:16and his anti-cheat is aggravated by an
53:18ASUS update. And yes, for some people
53:20the game worked better, but for others
53:22it stopped launching altogether. Again,
53:24situations vary. The latest game update
53:27disabled all mods and would have
53:29disabled them even without the new
53:31anti-cheat. But it's precisely because
53:33of the new anti-cheat that mod
53:35developers can't update them quickly
53:36and on time. Well, some can, I'll tell
53:39you about that now. But for many, it's
53:41a barrier. The mod for the improved P
53:44interface, for example, won't be
53:45updated precisely because of the new
53:47anti-cheat. And I want to reiterate the
53:49statistics again. Hellivers 2 is played
53:52by an average of 60 players per day, of
53:54which about 45 are on computers. So,
53:56Hellivers 2's main audience, the core
53:59audience, is PC gamers. Approximately
54:0136 out of 45,000 players. According to
54:04the statistics, Hell Divers 2 Arsenal
54:06is a mod manager. And this mod manager
54:08isn't the only one you can use; there
54:10are others. But let's take the Arsenal
54:12statistics specifically. So, out of
54:1445,36, they play with mods. So you
54:18release an update that's a bummer for
54:21your core audience, the one hooked on
54:24mods and who plays the most, in part
54:27because they can customize the game.
54:31But you make important decisions after
54:33banging your head against the wall, or
54:35how it works in Sweden, I don't
54:36understand. And yet, mind you, this is
54:39supposedly an action aimed at
54:41protecting the game. It doesn't
54:43actually protect the game. I promised
54:45to show you footage of a man firing a
54:47minigun while walking. Here it is. Here
54:50it is, please. The footage was taken on
54:53October 23rd, three days after the new
54:56anti-cheat went live. People on YouTube
54:59say it took people 30 hours to bypass
55:02it. And I know what kind of mod it is.
55:04And this mod, just like before, allows
55:05you to tweak the numbers to whatever
55:07you want. So, the people who replaced
55:09their pistol shots with 500mm calibers
55:11are still here. But is cheating really
55:15the problem? In my opinion, no. Look,
55:18there are two people. One of them, by
55:20the way, is me. I have friends with
55:22whom I play Hold Divers 2. I almost
55:24never play with randoms in Hiivs 2. And
55:26we essentially rebalance ourselves with
55:28mods. Yes, by the way, the line between
55:30cheats and mods has blurred. There are
55:32as many opinions here as there are
55:33people. Pilot VRN, aka the Ministry of
55:35Truth. By the way, subscribe to the
55:37channel. The guy makes cool news videos
55:39and shorts about Hold Divers 2. Link in
55:41the description. So, Pilot VR said
55:43something very correct, that recently
55:46the line between a cheat and a mod has
55:48blurred. Some people think that if your
55:51Strategim balls always stick and work
55:52fine, you're already a cheater and have
55:54already gained an advantage in the game
55:56. Oh, what a bad person. And some
55:59people don't think it's a cheat, but
56:00simply a good change to the game. Oh
56:02well, it doesn't matter to us. So,
56:04there's me, who, along with some
56:06friends, rebalanced the game. A tank
56:09with a rotating turret and a bunch of
56:10life-improving mods like the sticky
56:12balls of the Strategists. That's all on
56:14the one hand. On the other hand, the
56:16enemy spawn changes are, of course,
56:18more powerful. That means more enemies
56:20spawn, but we fight in better
56:22conditions and with more powerful
56:24weapons. And yet, we play with each
56:26other. That means we don't mess with
56:28randoms. We're not interested in that,
56:29because if we mess with randoms, the
56:31game has a higher chance of crashing,
56:33at the very least. And, basically, we
56:34won't be able to play normally. And
56:36we've gathered to have a blast, to play
56:39the most brutal battle possible. And
56:41what's the point? You won't even know
56:44about it unless I tell you. No one
56:46except those we play with will know. We
56:48don't use supercredits, we don't use
56:50samples, we don't get involved in the
56:51general galactic war. And believe me,
56:53because we have enhanced spawn rates,
56:55we spend a full 40 minutes on a mission
56:57. That is, we don't even burden the
56:58missions. It's not like we complete
56:59them faster than anyone else. And of
57:01course, we, okay, made it so we could
57:03fire 500mm rounds from regular guns a
57:05couple of times, but we usually don't
57:07do that, because what's the point,
57:09right? If we came to play a good
57:11meat-and-potato fight, we don't need
57:12weapons that will skip that
57:14meat-and-potato fight at all. We don't
57:16need uber-mega superguns at all. No, we
57:19need guns that match our vision of
57:21beauty. I already told you, yes, I gave
57:23my Dominator heavy armor penetration,
57:25but reduced the rate of fire, because I
57:27think it will be better balanced that
57:29way. I play with this Dominator. Okay,
57:31tough. I'm a cheater, right? And now
57:33I've broken everyone's game simply
57:34because you found out such a thing
57:36exists. And there's another guy who
57:38does the same thing with numbers. He's
57:41cheated himself, but he also has
57:44unlimited stratagems, and he really
57:46does fire 500s. But the key difference
57:50is that he's messing with other players
57:51. So, this guy is playing in a random
57:54lobby. And look what happens. We both
57:56use mods, but we use them differently.
57:58I'm not bothering anyone. And this guy,
58:00well, he's not a cheater, he's an
58:02[ __ ]. Please don't confuse me. And
58:04he's an [ __ ] not because he uses
58:05cheats, but because he's going to break
58:07other people's games. And if he doesn't
58:09have cheats, then believe me, this guy
58:11will kill you for fun before boarding
58:13the shuttle, he'll kick you before
58:15boarding the shuttle, he'll kick you if
58:17you're not carrying a metal weapon.
58:19It's these idiots. And is the problem
58:21really with mods, and not with [ __ ]
58:24? In my opinion, it's precisely the
58:26latter: [ __ ] who are used to
58:28ruining the game for others, which is
58:29completely at odds with the spirit of
58:31HLDayers. And, firstly, it's already
58:34possible to fight [ __ ]. The
58:36developers long ago made it so that if
58:38you get kicked from a group, you stay
58:40in it. Yes, essentially, it's not you
58:42who gets kicked; it's everyone else who
58:44gets kicked from your group, and you
58:45become the host. This was done
58:47specifically so that it would be
58:49pointless to kick someone from your
58:52group right before it ends. Because
58:54before, again, maybe there are newbies,
58:56maybe they don't remember, before there
58:59were people who would collect samples
59:01for the entire group, work together,
59:03complete a mission, and then go and
59:05kick you right before it ends. That
59:07tool has been cut, and this is an
59:09example of how to fight [ __ ]. And
59:10it would seem that the new anti-cheat
59:12is also an example of fighting [ __ ]
59:14. [ __ ] who, for example, inflate
59:16galactic orders and execute them ahead
59:18of schedule thanks to cheats. That's
59:20[ __ ] behavior. Don't do that.
59:22However, so far I haven't seen a single
59:25bastard punished for doing that. I saw
59:28that the developers simply went and
59:30angered their core audience and
59:31provoked a new review bombing because
59:33they took a toy away from a child. This
59:36particular solution seems incredibly
59:37stupid to me, because it doesn't solve
59:39the problem; it just makes everyone
59:41angry. What's funny is that even those
59:43who always played without mods are
59:45angry, but they're already angry at the
59:46reaction of those who played with mods,
59:48like they're getting angry in return,
59:49defending the Aroheads. It would seem
59:53that you could simply create two types
59:55of lobbies: with and without mods, and
59:57you could simply make it so that you
59:59have community-approved mods and
1:00:01unapproved mods. Why can the developers
1:00:05of DRG, or De Galactica, do this, but
1:00:07you Swedes can't? Funny thing is,
1:00:09separate lobbies are already being
1:00:11prepared. Just guess what, it's not the
1:00:13developers doing this, but the modders
1:00:16themselves. Yes, the well-known Iron
1:00:19Sй, who feeds us all with leaks about
1:00:22Hiivs 2, is preparing the ability to
1:00:25run Hellivers 2 without an anti-cheat
1:00:27on his servers. Wow, was that even
1:00:31possible? Why can't the anti-cheat's
1:00:34impact be limited to its impact on the
1:00:36galactic war? We already have tools to
1:00:38combat [ __ ] who come into your
1:00:40lobby and ruin your game by picking up
1:00:42super-mega-powerful weapons and other
1:00:45inflated numbers. Kick the [ __ ] and
1:00:47that's it. Go to the description of my
1:00:49video, there's a link to the Hellivers
1:00:512 Discord server. Find someone willing
1:00:54to play without mods, add them as a
1:00:56friend, and just play from time to time
1:00:58. That's it. And kick anyone who
1:00:59interferes with your gameplay. That's
1:01:01it. And if you introduce a new
1:01:03anti-cheat, well, explain that we're at
1:01:05galactic war, we have a shared game,
1:01:08and we don't want it ruined the way it
1:01:10was in Cyberstan. So now we'll be
1:01:13monitoring how samples, supercredits,
1:01:15and so on are inflated. And if
1:01:19everything gets inflated above a
1:01:20certain number, that's it, the account
1:01:22of the person who got that many samples
1:01:25will be banned. That's it. Why can't we
1:01:29introduce a clear policy on mods? Why
1:01:33throw the baby out with the bathwater,
1:01:35why scare the entire player community,
1:01:38why throw a can of gasoline at people
1:01:40who are already ready to jump on any
1:01:43negative changes and bomb the game at
1:01:45any opportunity, when it could have
1:01:48been done properly, and it's not that
1:01:50hard. Just hire three interns, [ __ ].
1:01:53Give them some kind of salary that's
1:01:56reasonable by Swedish standards. And
1:01:59let them not tinker with mods. And let
1:02:01you have mods that are approved in the
1:02:03lobby for people with mods, so they
1:02:05don't overlap. That's all. But no,
1:02:07we're Arowheads, we're not acting
1:02:09appropriately, it's not working for us.
1:02:11Maybe Soini really forced them, I don't
1:02:13know. And ultimately, my criticism
1:02:15isn't that Arowheads are defending the
1:02:17game. No, let them defend it. Then
1:02:19again, who's going to stop them? But,
1:02:22unfortunately, we can't stop them from
1:02:24doing idiotic things that will simply
1:02:26anger players and ruin the game. After
1:02:29all, it's not the mods that are killing
1:02:31the game, it's the developers who are
1:02:33angering the community and doing
1:02:35everything they can to make people quit
1:02:37. Maybe you should think about
1:02:39something else? Look, I'm playing
1:02:40H-Divers 2. I'm the target audience.
1:02:43I'm even willing to pay some money.
1:02:45Maybe instead of making a new
1:02:47anti-cheat, you could create some kind
1:02:50of cosmetic pack that I'll buy. That
1:02:52would also cause an uproar, because oh
1:02:54no, the developers decided to modify
1:02:55the game. But at least it would be
1:02:58clear why. At least the plan would be
1:03:00clear. Here, according to the message
1:03:02the developers published on Steam, I
1:03:04read it in the previous video, it's
1:03:05completely unclear what you approve of,
1:03:07what you don't approve of, or what will
1:03:08happen next. Nothing is clear. Just a
1:03:11new anti-cheat with City Bibu. Well,
1:03:12cool, cool. So, we'll win. It's not
1:03:14really clear who and what, but we will
1:03:16definitely win. This is the path to a
1:03:18bright future. Yeah, yeah, damn, sorry,
1:03:21I went off the rails. Anyway,
1:03:24everything would have been fine. I
1:03:26really liked Warbon. I'm really looking
1:03:28forward to freedom day. I'm happy with
1:03:30the patch. But damn, arowheads will
1:03:33remain arowheads and always find some
1:03:36new way to screw with us. I don't know,
1:03:39I really have two theories. Either
1:03:41they're all connected and Sony is
1:03:43beating them up and forcing them to do
1:03:45crap so the Arowheads fit in with the
1:03:48megacorporation's atmosphere. Or they
1:03:50really do have a tradition of banging
1:03:51their heads against the wall on
1:03:52Saturdays and then making important
1:03:54decisions. And so, anything they decide
1:03:56on outside of Saturdays goes smoothly.
1:03:57They clearly design patches on Tuesdays
1:03:59; they have three whole days to rest
1:04:01their heads. But some of their heads
1:04:03are still buzzing, which is why balance
1:04:05changes can be weird. I'm sure Warbonds
1:04:07are designed on Thursdays. So, the
1:04:10hackwork arises because they're afraid
1:04:11of Saturdays, afraid of this tradition
1:04:13of banging their heads against the wall
1:04:14. And because of this, for example,
1:04:17they forget to make separate animations
1:04:18for new ones. Although, then again,
1:04:20considering the Arowheads' love of
1:04:22GunPorn and the way they sweat over
1:04:24animations and models, well, this is
1:04:26just incredibly strange. What I didn't
1:04:30expect was that Novi wouldn't make a
1:04:32weapon-sheathing animation, but would
1:04:33simply copy Quasar's. In short,
1:04:37Arowhead's lore is 0.01%understood, but
1:04:38they still haven't learned how to
1:04:40communicate with players. As Gerald
1:04:43said, they just won't [ __ ] learn.
1:04:46It's really funny that, against the
1:04:47backdrop of everything that's happening
1:04:49, CD Projects are releasing additional
1:04:51tools for cyberpunk mods. And I want to
1:04:54end this video with a simple thought.
1:04:55As Gaben said before, if you want to
1:04:58fight piracy, make the service
1:05:00undesirable. So, I wish the Arowheads
1:05:03to hang this sign on their walls and
1:05:08think long and hard about how to make a
1:05:10game that makes you want to play, that
1:05:12makes you want to praise the developers
1:05:14, and that makes you want to spend
1:05:16money on it, not be disgusted by yet
1:05:18another strange decision. That's all
1:05:20for today. Until then, and have a good
1:05:22time playing Hell Divers.

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