Automotans are the worst faction to fight by far

[Velris]

With the hail of rockets and minigun fire automatons are beyond annoying to fight. It basicly boils down to getting pinned down and then your stims are slowly consumed until youre dead. Honestly im not a fan of the stim system with how often you get injured in this game. Maybe things will change when they finally fix armor values not working but as the game is now im avoiding fighting bots.

[Nick Walker II]

Sorry you feel that way dude. For me it's the other way around. The bots feel way more interesting to fight than the bugs.

[๖ۣۜFenris]

We just be annihilated with 4 other Helldivers on a Escort mission, on a lower difficulty level than usual lol

Impossible to not to be submerged despite air strikes and other support.

Automotans are very hard indeed.

[[FF]Pvtdonut]

They're more terrifying to fight, but also more fun and cinematic.

They are actually easier once you get used to them.

[Velris]

Originally posted by ๖ۣۜFenris:

We just be annihilated with 4 other Helldivers on a Escort mission, on a lower difficulty level than usual lol

Impossible to not to be submerged despite air strikes and other support.

Automotans are very hard indeed.

Yeah the amount that they throw at you is insane its just far too many enemies for most of them being ranged

[II_MIKA_II]

Automatons are f´in trash, if you dont get slashed you get f´d by rockets and so all the time, i rather fight 20 Charger and 10 Titans at the same time then doin one Robot Mission, trash absolute trash

[Zeromentor]

Originally posted by Nick Walker II:

Sorry you feel that way dude. For me it's the other way around. The bots feel way more interesting to fight than the bugs.

^This.
When you've ran away from Titans (multiple), Chargers and Stalkers for 30 minutes trying to clear objectives on Suicide you sometimes want to have a little piece and not be forced to sprint around the map at Mach 3 trying to avoid the bug swarms.

Also, I love the Hulks (aka Dreadnoughts, I don't care what anyone says, they are Dreadnoughts).

[๖ۣۜFenris]

Originally posted by Velris:

Originally posted by ๖ۣۜFenris:

We just be annihilated with 4 other Helldivers on a Escort mission, on a lower difficulty level than usual lol

Impossible to not to be submerged despite air strikes and other support.

Automotans are very hard indeed.

Yeah the amount that they throw at you is insane its just far too many enemies for most of them being ranged

I restarted one on lower difficulty again, it looks like a bug for me, the spawn is non stop and you can be spawn kill easily.

[Lunaire]

Hard disagree. Both enemy type are just different flavours of the same game. I currently prefer the bots actually. You do need to play differently with them. Looking forward to the third/fourth race and hope they will also feel really different from the existing ones.

Current escort civies mission on the bot side is badly designed and forces you to have only one valid loadout. I suggest, you try other mission types before you call the bots, "bad".

Tip: use cover more.
Edit: tip number 2 is, shoot at them first. Bots can be supressed even if they don't look like they can be. Being proactive/mobile is the key basically.

[Bill Waggoner]

Originally posted by Velris:

With the hail of rockets and minigun fire automatons are beyond annoying to fight. It basicly boils down to getting pinned down and then your stims are slowly consumed until youre dead. Honestly im not a fan of the stim system with how often you get injured in this game. Maybe things will change when they finally fix armor values not working but as the game is now im avoiding fighting bots.

If you're low level, I can see it. They are a little difficult at the beginning, however, once you get an autocannon and better weaponry I think you will enjoy them a lot more.

They can overwhelm you if you don't keep moving and/or destroy the factories by chucking a grenade through the two open flaps on the front of it.

[heave N hell]

Originally posted by Velris:

Originally posted by ๖ۣۜFenris:

We just be annihilated with 4 other Helldivers on a Escort mission, on a lower difficulty level than usual lol

Impossible to not to be submerged despite air strikes and other support.

Automotans are very hard indeed.

Yeah the amount that they throw at you is insane its just far too many enemies for most of them being ranged

i had one guy bring if 4 turrets and we won pretty easy , was only on medium tho

[vatszero]

for me the issue with the bots is just how it can feel like there is no end, like when I have a bug breach I often fight it off and move on, but when I have to fight the bots they just constantly come from all sides and I can end up there for like 10 mins before finally getting a break

[Velris]

For those that have replied im curious what difficulty you guys play on because on helldive it is far far harder on bots compared to bugs.

[uRBAN_Spaceman]

Bugs are boring. The bots are the true enemy of democracy and must be stopped at all costs.

[[FF]Pvtdonut]

Originally posted by Velris:

For those that have replied im curious what difficulty you guys play on because on helldive it is far far harder on bots compared to bugs.

Suicide Mission, I think the bot modifiers are awful though, the scrambling one is "FUN" in the dwarf fortress sense of fun, and the side objective buildings that the bots have are much worse. If you can avoid the EYE however it's not as bad.

[Vinnie DAngelo]

Skill issue tbh... The Terminators are the best faction to go up against.