SEAF soldier stratagem

[黒人]

The leaks have shown us that it will deploy 5 SEAF soldiers, 4 armed with liberators and 1 armed with an MG.

Would be cool if the devs further expand on the stratagem by making more iterations of it where the squad centers around a different type of a support weapon other than the MG.

For an example:
-> Recoilless rifle. The squad has an anti-armor focus.
-> Autocannon. The squad is focused on dealing with medium armor.
-> Mortar. Something entirely new. The squad will carry a mortar as the name implies.

Speaking of mortars, when will we get a mortar support weapon? The only form of mortar weaponry that exists in the game is the mortar turrets. I'd love to operate a mortar.

When will we get a mortar support weapon stratagem?

[𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁 Sinner]

I can't see SEAF being useful on bot worlds, they'd just get melted by literally everything, especially a flamer hulk rushing at them.

I would like different teams though yeah, but I still only see them being useful on bug worlds really.

Would also love to see a mortar as a backpack item, even if it requires another teammate to use.

[Cryptic]

I am excited for this support

[Chaos]

Lame, they all 5 of them should be arm with Spears lol.

[asura]

I 100% expect them to play out chasing each other for a minute before accidentally shooting each other.
I don't have high expectations but whatever happens ... surely it will be funny.

[dyra55]

Originally posted by 黒人:

When will we get a mortar support weapon stratagem?

Waiting for it myself, in the first game it wasn't all that useful due to a screen restriction but it may be more fun in the second one

[RX-3DR]

Can't wait for people to cheat with infinite uses / 0 cooldown and run around with an entire battalion.

I expect it would have a very harsh cooldown or limited use to prevent groups of 4 from playing Pikmin so I can't see it being especially fun.

[Booba]

I'm just trying to imagine a battle in which 20 SEAF soldier bots are running around shooting me in the face in the same way my own stupid rover does. And the developers can't even get civilians to path to a door.

[黒人]

Originally posted by 𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁 Sinner:

I can't see SEAF being useful on bot worlds, they'd just get melted by literally everything, especially a flamer hulk rushing at them.

Valid point. The assumption is that they'll have a pretty basic AI that will remain stationary and shoot at anything that comes into line of sight. All automatons would wipe the floor with them, not just the hulk.

It really depends on how well the devs execute the SEAF soldiers' AI. If they duck and cover then that'd considerably boost their chances of survival. But regardless of how well the AI is implemented, the suppressive fire they provide will hamper automatons' accuracy - further improving their survival rate.

The ingame tips state that automatons become less accurate the more you shoot at them.

Originally posted by 𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁 Sinner:

I would like different teams though yeah, but I still only see them being useful on bug worlds really.

Yeah. That'd be their only use. Kind of like ballistic shield stratagem is only viable on automaton worlds. Although, if the mortar variant of SEAF troopers is added into the game then they'd be somewhat viable against automatons.

[黒人]

Originally posted by RX-3DR:

Can't wait for people to cheat with infinite uses / 0 cooldown and run around with an entire battalion.

That'd be absolutely epic.

It should be made into an achievement - have all 4 players deploy SEAF troopers at the same place or something like that.

[zepehphor]

cant wait to call them down on the edge of a bug nest or horde, then leave them to their fate as i go do the actual mission.
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, do i love managed democracy.

[pzhda'tan]

Would love to see a mortar support weapon taht doesn't just annoy my team mates.

[黒人]

Originally posted by zepehphor:

cant wait to call them down on the edge of a bug nest or horde, then leave them to their fate as i go do the actual mission.
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, do i love managed democracy.

All citizens are equally important to the war effort.

But helldivers are the most important.

[zepehphor]

Originally posted by pzhda'tan:

Would love to see a mortar support weapon taht doesn't just annoy my team mates.

i've died to the other turrets and the laser backpack drone just as much as i've died to the mortar turret, that being sometimes, but not too often.
sometimes against bugs it is bad, but absolutely against bots it is your own fault if you die to it 90% of the time.

its not a matter of if it can be used safely, its a matter of no one wanting to change their playstyle to use it safely.

[𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁 Sinner]

Actually, I'd take an AI team no matter what on bug missions if they had the ability to load the SEAF artillery for me. A lot of my teammates neglect it and leave me to solo it, and it's painful if stalkers or brood commanders roll up.

[shockBlu]

I'm excited for this one. Hopefully you can command them. Tell them to follow you or send them ahead of you or tell them to wait and defend a spot. That would be epic.