Favorite Strategem setups?

[Gold♥Shield]

I know most people frown on making multiple topics, but this forum seems to be on the verge of death. I've seen this game get mentioned a lot in various forums, so maybe if new/prospective players see some life on the discussions, they will be more inclined to chime in or make a purchase.

So, for me when I'm playing solo, I tend to go dual Thunderer Barrage, Resupply, and Machinegun Turret.

When I'm playing local co-op, I tend to go Thunderer Barrage, (other) Turret, Mech Suit, Machinegun Turret.

[† Zacrriel †]

Jump Packs, Rockets/Explosives, Resupply, and a slot depending...

For all Situations.

[† Zacrriel †]

(In fact, when well used you can achieve even the hardest with just this simple setup...

[BlackjackGT]

I find Gamepedia's wiki useful for refreshing one's stratagems memory:
http://helldivers.gamepedia.com/Stratagems

If the game let us save stratagem loadouts and click/button press once to load them, my fave might be...

General Favorite

1. Resupply
   
2. Guard Dog Drone (on tougher difficulties or stealthy Illuminate missions, I might go SH-20 Shield Generator Pack)
   
3. REC-6 Demolisher (satchel) - for Bug Nests and AT usage. I find these useful on just about everything.
   
4. A/MG-II Minigun Turret (on Illuminate missions, i might go with Close Air Support or Vindicator Dive Bomb).

All of course subject to change as far as solo vs. group, and the need to go all in on anti-tank stuff in later difficulty levels.

P.S. We have probably dozens of threads on this topic. They can't sticky everything of course, and so far the only player-focused thread stickied was the suggestions/ideas for future content/features etc. (that likely isn't happening) that I suggested last week I think.

So I'm all in favor of getting chatter going again.

Just be realistic that in a few weeks this thread will likely be on page 7 or 13 or something, long forgotten, like the umpteen other pages of threads here alas, including lots I created back in my hyperactive days after launch last December.

That's my general beef with online message board design. Threads/topics constantly fade into oblivion on buried pages nobody ever sees unless they do a keyword search and happen onto it. But if they sticky everything (see the KF2 forums for an example), then you have a page of stickied threads to try to wade through.

I don't have a solution. I guess it's how the Internet Evolved.

[Cockpuncher]

Cannot say much about solo, but can give some advise for coop.

First of all there are specialised and universal setups. Specialized are optimized vs particular race or mission objective. Also they consider team roles (like 2 AT guys, one anti-personel heavy weapon and one for powerful airstrikes and artillery). Universal setups are more or less good for every situation (like Justice + Rumbler + Shield).

Second, there are heavy and light setups. Heavy setups consist of heavy weapon and backpack, light setups are red/green statagems only. When light teammember dies, you don't have to go back for equipment. But you have to know how to fight without heavy equipment.

And lastly nearly every setup is more or less effective, it's mostly matter of personal preference and difficulty level - for example vs illuminates setup with Trident + Bubble Shield + Stratagem Priority and 3xCAS will be much easier than to use Railgun-based setup, but Railgun will still be useful in some situations.

The trick is not only to find what suits your playstyle, but to experiment with different tactics and setups for different situations. You can set up your team for using universal setups only or specialize every teammember. You might use standard heavy setup or consider running light setup instead. There are plenty of possibilities and this what makes this game so special.

[Contractk4]

My loadouts tend to be very heavily anti-tank. It always annoys me when tank class units are rampaging around the screen and none of the other players can do anything about it because they didn't bring enough anti-tank weaponry and strategems, so I just bring as much as I can.

My loadout is generally:
1. Rumbler
2. Supply backpack
3. Railcannon
4. Railcannon

The rumbler is my main source of anti-tank power, holding an immense amount of power at the expense of clunky usage. Because it doesn't require a backpack slot for a support pack, I find a supply backpack is superior to a resupply strategem for me. I thought the supply pack was useless, until I realized you get 2 packs, each with 4 resupplies each. I give up infinite 2 ammo resupplies, but I do get 8 ammo resupplies on demand, and I've never run out of ammo using it.

[Gold♥Shield]

Hmm, I see a lot of DLC stuff listed here, but I don't have any of the DLCs. Maybe they will all go on sale this year during the Winter sale.

[LarvaLounge]

I highly recommend the DLC bundle. I counted 9 of the 14 DLCs having good items that I use in my load-outs, at least some of the time.

I use different loadouts for different enemies:

Bugs: Trident
Jump-Pack(Tentacles!), Avenger (DLC), TeslaTower, TeslaTower

Cyborgs: Justice
Shield (Dogs!), Ammo, Rumbler(DLC), AT Mines/RailStrike/UAV(DLC)
or Shield, Ammo, Demolisher(DLC), Demolisher(DLC)
or Shield, Ammo, AT Mines, AT Mines - if team already has lots of AT weapons

Illuminate: Sickle(DLC)
Jump-Pack(Walls!), Ammo, Obliterator, Shredder/Napalm/ObsidianMech(DLC)/UAV(DLC)

Those are for regular missions... Retalliatory Strikes and Bosses are very different.

[Cockpuncher]

Originally posted by LarvaLounge:

I highly recommend the DLC bundle.

Cannot agree more. Maybe it's not mandatory, but since this game thrives on diversity, different approaches and synergies between equipment and players, buying full version with all DLCs will give you much more fun than basic version alone.

[Garrus]

1: Gaurd dog
2: Obsidian Mech MK2
3: Ammo
4: Anything, usually support weapons

[Night Hunter]

1. Lumberer Mech
2. Tesla Tower
3. Triple Thunder Barage
4.RL-112 Recoiless

I usually play with friends or at leat some1 who understands how the recoiless weapon works and back me up with ammo recharge.

[IRL-Hawkeye]

My general setup is as follows:

1. Resupply: I never go anywhere without this, it's a lifesaver.
2. Shredder Missile: Excellent for destroying fixed objectives, as well as wiping out hordes.
3. RL-112: With an excellent loader on hand, this is deadlier, imo, than a Rumbler.
4. Tesla Turret: Great for drawing away attackers while defending an objective or the extraction.

The setup above is effective for dealing with bugs and cyborgs. For squids, I switch out the RL-112 for an MG84, otherwise, it's the same setup.

For the rare times I have to do a Retaliation Mission, I trade in the Shredder and Tesla Turrets for AT Turrets. Otherwise, same setup once again.

[post apocalypse otter boi]

I always go for ammo, and minigun turrent and the drone that attacks people

[TitanShadow12]

I too like to make sure to bring anti-tank, just in case. I used to use 2 railcannons, but that got boring for me so now i do
-Resupply ( I like to run Breaker/Justice and I haven't upgraded any lasers yet )
-Railcannon ( Big guy killer, usually if this isn't enough something's already gone wrong )
-EAT-17 ( Used to use RL-112, which is badass, but when my playstyle shifted to moving faster I found EATs to be better in a pinch. Especially when extracting, you have one on your back and two in the field to just pick up and fire )
-SH-20/Jump Pack/Mech/Vindicator depending on my mood

None of this is DLC, I'm cheap when it comes to that.

[Ripheus]

1x ammo, 3x EAT-17.

Strategem priority in the perk slot. When I play, it rains munitions that the whole team can use.

[Vamandrac]

This is my "basic" setup when I dive, but I tend to mix things up from time to time and obviously my loadout changes when doing enemy bosses or retaliatory strike missions.

Cyborgs

Primary Weapon - AR-20L Justice / LAS-16 Sickle / SG-255 Breaker
Perk - Cardio
Stratagems - AT Mines, Ammo Resupply, SH-20 Shield Generator Pack, M-25 Rumbler (Mortar) /EAT-17

Bugs

Primary Weapon - AR-20L Justice / LAS-16 Sickle / SG-255 Breaker
Perk - Cardio
Stratagems - AT Mines, Ammo Resupply, SH-20 Shield Generator Pack, M-25 Rumbler (Mortar) / EAT-17

The Illuminate

Primary Weapon - AR-22C Patriot / LAS-16 Sickle / MG-105 Stalwart
Perk - Cardio
Stratagems - Incendiary Bombs, Ammo Resupply, SH-20 Shield Generator Pack, MG-94 Machine Gun / Obliterator Grenade Launcher