mechs and armored vehicles?

[saiga1Z]

in latest trailer i didn't see any mechanized infantry suits or tanks like we had in the previous installment.. whats the deal? anyone has info on this? just asking.

[Kansamos_]

We are not sure. There is no information on vehicles of any kind at all unfortunately, the current guess by lots of community members is either we will here about them in the next week or two, or they will be some post launch content.

[BlackjackGT]

We are 99.9999999999999999999999999% sure there are NO exosuits and no player operated vehicles of any kind, because the few videos released don't show them, and none of the meager marketing for HD2 ever mentions vehicles/exosuits. And why exactly would they say nothing about them if they were in the game, this close to release? So they can pop out of a canister and yell SURPRISE! in early February? I doubt it. :D

They do obsess about all the different armors we'll have available for characters, and maybe some of the armor has something Exosuity about it? That's the .00000000000000000000000000001% hope for me. :)

Then again, I said there wasn't a snowball's chance in hell and pigs would fly before HD2 would have crossplay with PS5 and lo and behold! :D So I'd love to be wrong... please let me be super wrong again!

[Tentacule Un Seigneur]

It is the thing I am most worried about.
Less than a month till it comes out.....and not even a picture of a vehicle.
I am a huge mecha and military vehicle fan, and loved being a pilot for others (or just stomping in a mech), if they are absent, I will likely pass on this game and wait for EDF6.

In my opinion, it feels like they had trouble getting vehicles to work right on the new engine they are using for 3rd person, and so decided to scrap them all together.

I hope I am wrong of course, but we will find out.

[saiga1Z]

Originally posted by Tentacule Un Seigneur:

It is the thing I am most worried about.
Less than a month till it comes out.....and not even a picture of a vehicle.
I am a huge mecha and military vehicle fan, and loved being a pilot for others (or just stomping in a mech), if they are absent, I will likely pass on this game and wait for EDF6.

In my opinion, it feels like they had trouble getting vehicles to work right on the new engine they are using for 3rd person, and so decided to scrap them all together.

I hope I am wrong of course, but we will find out.

yeah its gonna be difficult for me too to buy this game without vehicles and mechs

[Nightmarian]

Either it's not coming until another DLC/update or they're saving it for one of their near-release videos that are supposedly coming.

Considering how dramatically different it would have to be from top-down, I would imagine it'd take them a loooot longer to get the feeling down right, so don't be shocked if it's not it.

[SGT Sagara]

Originally posted by Temple:

in latest trailer i didn't see any mechanized infantry suits or tanks like we had in the previous installment.. whats the deal? anyone has info on this? just asking.

DLCs

[Valinov]

If it isn't on release I don't doubt it will be in a future update that comes with an optional DLC as well.

[Tentacule Un Seigneur]

Originally posted by SGT Sagara:

Originally posted by Temple:

in latest trailer i didn't see any mechanized infantry suits or tanks like we had in the previous installment.. whats the deal? anyone has info on this? just asking.

DLCs

Limiting vehicles "entirely" to DLC would be incredibly dubious. As in the original Helldivers, the base game came with the basic Mecha and the two versions of the APC, which were very useful for traveling quickly as well as pursuing optional targets.

........That, and it was always fun to accidentally run over team mates, would be atrocious if Arrowhead stole that joy from us. "Thump~thump~ Ah! Woops! Sorry about that!"

[Mordegar]

No accidential roadkilling of teammates, no buy!
We had many silly hours of teamplay with mechs and other mechanized stuff.

[LiDDeRz]

dlc

[Sir Demon Hunter]

For me HD1 was such a fun family game. The amount of time i squised my brother under my mech and calling it an accident were more than i can count.

[Sardonic]

Correct me if i'm wrong, but vehicles are described as "equipment that helldivers don't normally take out on missions" so I would assume they would be a late game unlock when things get difficult. I don't think there's any sense in revealing everything the game has to offer until post launch. We havent even seen all the enemy factions yet...People want to know everything before it happens these days.

If it's not in the base game, it will more than likely make an appearance in an expansion since it's highly sought after by the community.

[NihilisticNerd]

There is a scene around the 0:33 mark in the latest trailer that shows something that looks like an allied tank. Here's a link to the video so someone who is more familiar with the series can maybe give a more nuanced opinion.

https://youtu.be/Ml3cxryThuA?si=eoQsy-6nKy5g6vSW&t=33

Either way we don't know if the tank is pilotable.

[Kansamos_]

Personally I think with how much we see Automaton tanks and mech like units, we are bound to get some. Especially if you look at the Playstation Store Page for Helldivers 2, they have little about pages for some of the enemies, including the Automaton tank,

Originally posted by NihilisticNerd:

There is a scene around the 0:33 mark in the latest trailer that shows something that looks like an allied tank. Here's a link to the video so someone who is more familiar with the series can maybe give a more nuanced opinion.

https://youtu.be/Ml3cxryThuA?si=eoQsy-6nKy5g6vSW&t=33

Either way we don't know if the tank is pilotable.

I believe this is an Automaton Tank btw, on the first frame it appears at you can see a bit of red paint maybe? Where the whole extended bit for the gun is, similar to the render we have on the Playstation Store page website. PS Store page linked below:

https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/helldivers-2/

I think it would be weird to mention Super Earths tanks so much so directly and not have them at all, especially as they are pretty imposing. If they hate on the Automatons crafts so much, wouldn't it be stupid to not have your own out there? I think they will be there at launch, it just, makes sense to me, Sony is bound to have a showcase before Helldivers 2 releases, and they have to have SOMETHING there, I think it's an easy chance to see some vehicles! Would also be a good chance to show off some of the higher level threats, which we may have not seen yet. I'm very excited for what will come next for the game. It'll be awesome!

[Zarious101]

I really hope they have vehicles, I liked having them in the first game.