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ForeverAPeon Nov 9, 2015 @ 4:45am

Welcome to the Helldivers! FAQs + Resources

UPDATE: Please visit our Helldivers support centre to find all the resources, guides, wikis, FAQs and more!

Here is a link to the support centre.[arrowhead.zendesk.com]

Hello Helldivers,

Firstly we would like to say how overwhelmed we are surrounding the positivity and support of the PC launch. It is really exciting for us to be able to release this on Steam and we want to thank you all :)

FrogWing and I will be around on the Steam forums to chat to you all if you have any questions. I have put up a few stickies where you can go to for Helldivers resources, FAQs, bugs and issues etc. You can always find the latest information on our Arrowhead website under the blog section, Twitter or Facebook, but we will also of course post everything on here too.

On a last note, it is awesome to be able to participate in the Steam forums with such a friendly and welcoming crowd. The community is something we have been most proud of at Arrowhead because the players are just amazing. Since Helldivers is all about teamwork and Democracy, it would be great if the forums can remain civil and positive, especially for newcomers to the game! The more we help each other here, the more Liberty and Democracy we can spread!! :D

How does the Galactic Campaign work?

By playing Helldivers, every player in the world participates in a global meta campaign called the Galactic Campaign. Each time a player completes a planet their progress is uploaded and their contribution to the Galactic Campaign will be registered. From time to time, the enemy will try to counterattack, spawning events where you have to defend a city planet from invading enemies.

These events give double experience, and should the community fail to defend a planet, the region will be lost. The challenge of the campaign is dependent on the performance of the entire community in the previous campaign.

The Galactic Campaign takes player numbers into account when attack or defend events are created. The difficulty also scales to how well the players have been doing. If players win wars and events then the events get more difficult, and if the players lose then the events get easier - all to create a fair game where both outcomes are possible.

The players, Humanity, has been doing extremely well for a long time and so it has slowly been ramping up. Most of all wars have been won. Now that the game has been out for a year and there is a smaller player base, the campaign and events should scale by itself to match the players. We will of course also keep a close eye on it in case something needs a change.

Why can't I play against one of the races? Why are they locked?

Helldivers work together to defeat the enemies of Super Earth in a global meta-campaign called the Galactic Campaign. When a race is defeated it is locked out until all the other races are also liberated (defeated).

But don't worry! One all the races are defeated the Galactic Campaign resets and all three races become available to play once again after a day or two.

DLC

If you own the Helldivers game, but not the deluxe edition, there is a Mega Bundle in the Steam store which will give you most of the DLCs in one big pack, saving some money.

You can also buy DLCs separately in smaller packs if you would only like to purchase one or two packs and not the full bundle. Check the store for the full list of options!

Do I need the DLC to have fun? Is DLC necessary?

No! The beauty of Helldivers is that you can mix and match many different loadouts and we have designed the DLC especially to just be a fun variant rather than a necessity to play. It is definitely not pay to win!

However, most players do find it fun to have a wide variety of options and the Mega Bundle is highly recommended by the community. Here you can find some community written DLC guides :)

Is the game active? Is there a high population? Is matchmaking easy?[/h1]
Yes it is! It is true the game has been out for a long time now, but on the forums players still report that they can always get a game, no matter the time of day or region.

Sometimes there may not be the exact difficulty which you want, but if you host your own game you will nearly always get players joining your game very quickly :)

Is the community toxic?

You will always find some trolls or toxic people within a game, but on the whole the Helldivers community is one of the nicest and most helpful communities there are.

We have a lot of veteran players who are happy to take newbies under their wing and show them how to play or explain the best tactics. (There's a lot of written community guides for new beginners which are linked in this post)

Can friendly fire be turned off?

No, it's a huge part of the game's design. It wouldn't be as fun or challenging without it!

Is the camera always shared?

Yes. It is designed this way to help enforce teamwork and cooperation. It will not be changed in the future as it is one of the other main mechanics of the game, just like FF.

Will there be CROSS-PLAY between PC and PlayStation Systems?

Unfortunately PC players will not be able to play directly with their brothers-in-arms on the PlayStation systems, however, both PC and PlayStation players will contribute to the same Galactic Campaign. There's a nice post here by one of the Rocket League Devs explaining why cross-play is tricky.

Can progression be transferred from PlayStation to PC?

This will not be possible, sorry! :(

Multiplayer and Online/Offline Combinations

Helldivers offers a mixture of up to 4-player local and online co-op multiplayer.

For example, you can play the game offline with 1 - 4 local players (from the same PC using gamepads), however when played offline, mission progress will not contribute to the global galactic campaign.

Gamepad/Controller Support

All controllers which support Xinput or Directinput should work. These include the most popular ones such as Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS4 and the Steam Controller.

Helldivers Resources

Official Helldivers Channels

Arrowhead Helldivers Gamepage[arrowheadgamestudios.com]
Helldivers Facebook[facebook.com]
Helldivers Twitter

Unofficial Helldivers Channels

Helldivers Subreddit
Helldivers Wiki[helldivers.gamepedia.com]
Helldivers Steam Community Group

Discord[discord.gg]

Unofficial Helldivers Play Guides + Tips (Community Written)
There is a big list of guides found here in this link. We try to update it as often as possible

Last edited by ForeverAPeon; Sep 12, 2017 @ 12:43am

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BUTSY 春

Nov 9, 2015 @ 6:51am

managed democracy is BS
dont get brainwashed

Last edited by BUTSY 春; Nov 9, 2015 @ 6:52am

MacMAcMAc

Nov 9, 2015 @ 6:24pm

Hey thanks a lot ForeverAPeon I hope you keep the good work as you did in Gauntlet forums.
Looking foward all news to PC, really hope Helldivers to be a sucess over here.

December is right on corner, can't wait to put some democracy work.

BlackjackGT has HELLDIVERS™

Nov 9, 2015 @ 6:49pm

My one technical question is - will we have the option to set up a private game just for Steam friends list folks you want to invite, or a "game that only folks on my Steam friends list can join."

One of my few qualms with Helldivers (I only played the PS Vita version) was - if I'm remembering correctly - we could set up a closed solo game, or an open game anyone on PSN could join. But it really gave no easy option to just set up a game with friends list folks.

I'm not one of those "I only play with folks I know." I played tons of Helldivers with complete strangers, many were great people -- but towards the time I stopped playing, more and more "team killer trolls" would join games, waste everybody, rez nobody. I felt like I had no avenue to avoid that without some ability to invite/join PSN friends' games. So I hope we have a feature like that on the Steam PC version. Maybe, it's too much to hope for. :)

Last edited by BlackjackGT; Nov 9, 2015 @ 6:51pm

Comand90

Nov 11, 2015 @ 12:12pm

Will there be in game text chat?

BlackjackGT has HELLDIVERS™

Nov 11, 2015 @ 12:18pm

Originally posted by ComandPL:
Will there be in game text chat?

Yes, mentioned in the announcement:
http://arrowheadgamestudios.com/2015/11/helldivers-launches-for-pc-on-steam/

We have done our very best to ensure that the game will feel as good as possible when played on PC. With a wide range of graphic options, rebindable keys and an added text chat, we hope that we will meet the expectations which players have of a PC title.”

It's a good question though -- I've played on occasion PC games that only offered voice chat. And even one multi-platform title where the PC version's co-op offered nothing (no voice chat, no text chat), which was pretty ridiculous. :)

While it'll be tough to type much during heated sections of the maps in Helldivers, there are occasional breaks in the action where I think people can simply type a few words to talk about what they want to do next.

I'm sure many folks will want to use stuff like Teamspeak or Ventrilo, or Steam's own voice chat. I think text chat could be useful like when you're about to activate a Hell Bomb (huge blast radius). You can just type in "Hell Bomb! Run!" :)

I recall the game having (at least on PS3/4/Vita) "quick voice line" commands that let you say a pre-recorded phrase -- the D-pad would give 4 options. Some info here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/38i0yd/wishlist_item_more_voice_commands/

I enjoyed that though i wished it had a few more voice line choices, as that Reddit item suggests.

Last edited by BlackjackGT; Nov 11, 2015 @ 12:25pm

评论都不让发没意思

Nov 11, 2015 @ 4:11pm

赶紧出吧，等不及要玩了最近加班压力大其他游戏完全不想玩，就想找个发泄的小游戏。

Joker Nov 11, 2015 @ 9:06pm

希望快一些发布：）

BlackjackGT has HELLDIVERS™

Nov 13, 2015 @ 1:00pm

Guess I'll give up on my "unofficial FAQ" :) I do think these links to Arrowhead's blog posts and site posts about Helldiver's 3 updates are worth reading up on, especially if you haven't played the game on Sony platforms to this point:

What were the three Helldivers expansions, and where can I read up on them?

The three:
Democracy Strikes Back [Oct. 26, 2015]
http://arrowheadgamestudios.com/2015/10/helldivers-democracy-strikes-back-released-today/
*NOTE: Included two DLC packs available for purchase:
-Terrain Specialist
-Precision Expert

Masters of the Galaxy [July 7, 2015]
http://arrowheadgamestudios.com/2015/07/helldivers-masters-of-the-galaxy-expansion-deploys-today-helldivers-to-launch-on-bluray-2/
*NOTE: Included three DLC packs available for purchase:
-Entrenched
-Pistols
-Vehicles

Turning up the Heat [May 12, 2015]
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/05/12/helldivers-turn-up-the-heat-volcanic-planets-new-enemies-and-objectives-available-today/
*NOTE: Included four DLC packs available for purchase.
-Specialist
-Demolitionist
-Hazard Ops
-Pilot

*Also, various "Turning up the Heat" videos at Arrowhead's blog:
Trailer:
http://arrowheadgamestudios.com/2015/04/helldivers-turning-up-the-heat/

Objectives:
http://arrowheadgamestudios.com/2015/05/helldivers-turning-up-the-heat-objectives/

Enemies:
http://arrowheadgamestudios.com/2015/05/helldivers-turning-up-the-heat-enemies/

Environment:
http://arrowheadgamestudios.com/2015/05/helldivers-turning-up-the-heat-environment/

Guess as the first expansion, they played it up a bit. :-)

Last edited by BlackjackGT; Nov 13, 2015 @ 1:01pm

ForeverAPeon Nov 16, 2015 @ 1:05am

Originally posted by BlackjackGT:
Guess I'll give up on my "unofficial FAQ" :) I do think these links to Arrowhead's blog posts and site posts about Helldiver's 3 updates are worth reading up on, especially if you haven't played the game on Sony platforms to this point:
What were the three Helldivers expansions, and where can I read up on them?

The three:
Democracy Strikes Back [Oct. 26, 2015]
http://arrowheadgamestudios.com/2015/10/helldivers-democracy-strikes-back-released-today/
*NOTE: Included two DLC packs available for purchase:
-Terrain Specialist
-Precision Expert

Masters of the Galaxy [July 7, 2015]
http://arrowheadgamestudios.com/2015/07/helldivers-masters-of-the-galaxy-expansion-deploys-today-helldivers-to-launch-on-bluray-2/
*NOTE: Included three DLC packs available for purchase:
-Entrenched
-Pistols
-Vehicles

Turning up the Heat [May 12, 2015]
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/05/12/helldivers-turn-up-the-heat-volcanic-planets-new-enemies-and-objectives-available-today/
*NOTE: Included four DLC packs available for purchase.
-Specialist
-Demolitionist
-Hazard Ops
-Pilot

*Also, various "Turning up the Heat" videos at Arrowhead's blog:
Trailer:
http://arrowheadgamestudios.com/2015/04/helldivers-turning-up-the-heat/

Objectives:
http://arrowheadgamestudios.com/2015/05/helldivers-turning-up-the-heat-objectives/

Enemies:
http://arrowheadgamestudios.com/2015/05/helldivers-turning-up-the-heat-enemies/

Environment:
http://arrowheadgamestudios.com/2015/05/helldivers-turning-up-the-heat-environment/
Guess as the first expansion, they played it up a bit. :-)

@BlackJackGT Sorry, didn't mean to overshadow you! Thanks for these links, as you said they may be useful for players to read up on. I'll actually add a few trailers to the list, thanks! :)