Stop Wasting Ammo In Helldivers 2

Hit markers, armor penetration, weak points, and damage can be confusing in Helldivers 2. Let’s explain how it all works and how that will make you a better player.

[SteezzyAsian]

Counter argument: I was given the whole defense budget im gonna use the whole defense budget

[ludkrieg]

It's not wasting ammo. It's about sending a message

[TheCosmicAstro-]

one correction
the front plate of a strider is still medium armor. not heavy armor.
it just just T4 medium instead of T3 medium.
Heavy armor starts at T5.
if you dont believe me you can see this by shooting it with a dominator/liberator penetrator, deflects, shooting it with an AMR, penetrates, but then taking the AMR and shooting a chargers head, deflects.
AMR has T4 pen.

[LeonS.Kennedy-mm]

as someone who uses the Stalwart on the highest setting and trained on the M249 irl we machine gunners have a saying "Accuracy through volume", wasting ammo is apart of our culture

[To_Rue]

I never waste ammo in HD2, since it's not available in my country

[Souls_]

It’s actually smart to shoot back at the robots even though you’re not killing them because they have a suppression mechanic which will make them hit you less. It’s wild that some people don’t know this and it tells you in the tips

[ishanpis]

It's not wasting ammo it's showing the enemy who has more democracy

[Metaspace]

We are not paid to bring ammunition home!!

[lidabao]

The red and white hitmarkers will still show up when using projectile weapons to shoot at the "squishy" part of larger bugs even though it deals 95% less damage.

[SkyNinja]

Sickle users: "Hitmarkers? What are those?"

[InfinitePio]

"Stop wasting ammo" Thats what I told the people I was playing with before they kicked me.

[monstermunch]

This is why this game is so good. So detailed and the enemy’s crumble differently every time

[after_midnight]

Laughs in supply pack, mag dumping all day

[smoketinytom]

If only there was a tutorial that covered this sort of information in the first hour of the game...

[yourdudeuh]

This broadcast has been shared with countless of my brave Helldivers from the SES Reign of Redemption, and it has saved the lives of so many of them. From the depths of my soul and in the name of democracy, I thank you, my fellow Helldiver!

[_Wetbread_]

Well i mean the game actually incorporates a enemy suppression thing when fire at them they tend to miss more like in real life its perfectly okay to hit some shots that're in the armour if you're looking to suppress the enemy

[Perclocept]

Alright you can have your little ammo conservation ted talk while I’m turning the rest of the map into glass😂

[jellomello]

for the walker, you can often see a litte of the operators dome sticking out. If you get enough time to aim precisely you can shave that bald spot straight off with a single shot.

[Warmaka]

A chargers back legs take insane damage after his charge while he skids to a halt. The hit markers don't change but even small calibers can snap the armor off.

[kaiserxion]

The only time it actually gets confusing is splash damage. Use the punisher plasma and you get a lot of deflection symbols but since it does splash damage it hits multiple areas.