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.

[_Fell]

bots are easier than bugs imo. just lose line of sight, they will fire at your last known position giving you time to flank.

[Fractured]

I like how you say it's the worst faction....out of two.

That aside, I feel the opposite. Automatons are significantly more fun than bugs.

Only thing I don't like are the stupid cannons on the bases. And they have too many ranged 1 shots. But other than that, a blast.

[Big frank]

Helldive bot matches are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ turbo hell. That new bot extraction mission is near impossible with the hail of rockets and lasers thrown out and the sheer number of heavy armored targets.

[TheDeadlyShoe]

Automatons have a learning curve for sure. you need to figure out, in rough order of importance:

*how to not die to suicide jumppack troopers (it's diving, if they get up to you)
*handling zerker swarms (backup, shoot the spine, use grenades (esp Impact), someone bring a Stalwart)
*figuring out that scout striders are just the weakest possible enemy with a shield in front
*how to kill devastators (bring a machinegun or learn to shoot the backpack. or shoot out the gun arm on the shielded devastator. also don't stand in the open you will die.)

after that it pretty much boils down to 'shoot the big threats on the giant literally glowing weak spots on their butts' and you're good to go.

They are then easier to fight than bugs. with bugs if you don't down all the chargers on approach you you're going to be splitting up and running in circles and its generally a suck fest. You have to get completely overwhelmed for that to happen with automatons.

[Huckster]

♥♥♥♥ different when they shoot back huh?

[Nihil]

I felt that way the first time i started doing automaton missions. But then realized, i just need to bring different stratagems against them. Now it's just as good as bugs.

[TreeTrunk]

BAckpack shield is your friend, so is smoke. Railgun can 1-2 shot heavys, EMP is also your friend.

[TreeTrunk]

TheDeadlyShoe eredeti hozzászólása:

Automatons have a learning curve for sure. you need to figure out, in rough order of importance:

*how to not die to suicide jumppack troopers (it's diving, if they get up to you)
*handling zerker swarms (backup, shoot the spine, use grenades (esp Impact), someone bring a Stalwart)
*figuring out that scout striders are just the weakest possible enemy with a shield in front
*how to kill devastators (bring a machinegun or learn to shoot the backpack. or shoot out the gun arm on the shielded devastator. also don't stand in the open you will die.)

after that it pretty much boils down to 'shoot the big threats on the giant literally glowing weak spots on their butts' and you're good to go.

They are then easier to fight than bugs. with bugs if you don't down all the chargers on approach you you're going to be splitting up and running in circles and its generally a suck fest. You have to get completely overwhelmed for that to happen with automatons.

rail gun in heavys red eye

[korkk]

the bots need a total re-work unfun to fight

[Zarviya]

I honestly enjoy the robo ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ more then the bugs

[_Fell]

korkk eredeti hozzászólása:

the bots need a total re-work unfun to fight

Zarviya eredeti hozzászólása:

I honestly enjoy the robo ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ more then the bugs

The duality of man.

[[Asgard] Thor]

I see way to many people thinking they can out muscle the automatons through small arms alone like they can with bugs and that just isn't going to happen. You need to choose your fights and disengage or rotate around them to get to an objective.

[Kirb]

My only issue with bots atm is Berserkers take too many shots to down. At times it feels like I have to mag dump them in the face before they even take the hint they're dead.

Of course this is only with guns like Liberator and other "medium ap" guns, the Breaker smashes them like nothing, which isn't saying much considering it kills everything and not picking Breaker is actively nerfing yourself.

[Shanks]

๖ۣۜFenris eredeti hozzászólása:

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.

for me its okay.. all enemies can be killed without any problems

[[Rdog]Maljas]

Key to beating the Automatons is to NOT run from any encounters they throw at you. Every time you agroo a patrol, kill the whole thing. If one of them calls a Bot drop, kill everything that comes at you. Don't ever run against them.

Automatons become a problem the more they can amass units against you. They basically get a force multiplier if you let too many stay alive at once.

This is from someone that only plays on Helldiver mode with a coordinated group