Give Solo Players a 5th Stratagem

[Black Eye]

Since this game is balanced around multi-player and you need two different weapons for the schwarms and the fortified enemies.

[YMD]

Yea we need one more strategem and one more backpack slot too.

[AoD_lexandro]

If you are playing solo, you are doing it wrong. Therefor, no buffs for you.

[Monkey Punisher]

The logic here soul be reversed. U are one lone soldier, why would the high command give more resources to a suicidal mission?

[Revalopod]

Nah, give everyone a 5th stratagem slot, but lock it behind an endgame upgrade or something, like a ship module costing 100 super samples.

[Zed Omega]

Well i would want a booster that gives me a fifth stratagem

[Firecam]

A booster to increase sample's detection in a 30m radius would be cool, i hate doing multiple laps around a camp just to find nothing.

[Silverlight]

A solo buff would be cool. DRG has one and it doesn't hurt anybody.

[LunaticMethod]

Originally posted by KIRIKU:

The logic here soul be reversed. U are one lone soldier, why would the high command give more resources to a suicidal mission?

Because all missions are suicidal. They're called Helldivers because they dive into hell. The more heroic the diver, the more access he should get to the best gear.

[Dim]

Game need serious adjustment for solo players. Not everyone have steam mates which own the game, and public matchmake are horrible. Either join and get kicked because you are low level, or get killed for fun just secs before extraction. At least this is my experience so far, since i'm pretty new with the game. If devs don't want to lower difficulty, at least to increase mission timers perhaps. Anyways. Game is great, even if i fail to extract few times

[Blazso]

If you want to play solo go do level 1 missions, that is how you adjust difficulty.

The Devs have stated that the game is in no way balanced around solo play and there are no mechanics on the back end to adjust for solo play. Like the game automatically adjusting HP, spawn rate, armor, or anything else you could adjust to auto "balance" the game.

Your only way to adjust difficulty is to change your mission difficulty level! If you are playing solo Helldive missions or any level of mission and complaining it's too hard than that's on you!

(BTW, I can solo Helldive Bug missions so I completely disagree with your assessment) (At least I could at one point, I haven't tried again since they adjusted the spawn mechanics and patrol rates. And I can't solo a whole series of missions because of type and selection. Like missile launch is easy to solo but, extract the civilians is crazy hard solo on Helldive and really, that's what the difficulty should be.)

[DapperDeeds]

Honestly, If I were to do solo I would just bump down the difficulty to a 5 or 6. If it is too easy or too hard just adjust it. There are multiple difficulty levels for a good reason - it doesn't make it any less fun. Some missions give you a free strategem too, could just try looking for those.

[i will guard host with my life]

As a solo player, hell no. Game isn't supposed to catered to solo play even though it is already possible, and it wouldn't be good for the games social aspect if soloing was made easier. I only solo L7-L9 so I can say that I can, and saying it only has weight because soloing is known to be harder than cooperative.

I just wish they finally fixed their friend system. I still can't add people.

[Xersin]

Originally posted by yummy scrumptious:

As a solo player, hell no. Game isn't supposed to catered to solo play even though it is already possible, and it wouldn't be good for the games social aspect if soloing was made easier. I only solo L7-L9 so I can say that I can, and saying it only has weight because soloing is known to be harder than cooperative.

I just wish they finally fixed their friend system. I still can't add people.

Exactly. I'm soloing knowing full well that it's the wrong way to play the game, and do so for the challenge. Just like I hop into team modes alone in BR games. There's a rush for a game to tell you "This requires a team." and to respond with "Nah. Don't need it."

[Ronin Pyro Gaming]

Everything in this game is locked behind difficulty settings, dropping difficulty is not a viable solution as it solves nothing and prevents progression. The only viable options are to
1. Balance the game based on players in a game <-- Best option
2. Remove difficulty based sample collecting or add an exchange <--Easiest option
3. Completely remove the option to dive solo. <-- Nuclear option

[ModdyMop]

Originally posted by Revalopod:

Nah, give everyone a 5th stratagem slot, but lock it behind an endgame upgrade or something, like a ship module costing 100 super samples.

I like this idea a lot!