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New player questions (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Dashi@lemmy.world to c/helldivers2@lemmy.ca

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My friends and I are looking for a new game to play on Xbox and i had a couple wisdoms about helldivers. We are FPS/strategy fans. We loved CoD/Titanfall/gears pve/pvx modes. We need some sense of progression or we lose interest in the game. There are 3 of us.

Would the 3 of us be able to play together and just be us or would we need to add another to play all the game content?
If just two of us play would we leave our friends to far behind progression wise or would we be able to catch him up/ play his missions?
What is the state of the game now? Would you encourage your friends to start now?
What does the progression look like? Is it static missions you need to play through or can you just do one off missions launch and kill sort of thing that are randomly generated?
Is Build diversity a thing? Or are you hampered if your friend decides to play with only pistols?

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[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

            
              Yes, both. You can private lobby just the three of you or public lobby and it is open to other joining but you do not have to wait, you can start with just 1 diver even.
No. Progression doesn't lock you out from one another. You'll just have more tools to pick from.
Active. I play solo queue all the time and never wait more than a minute to get into a round. The community is refreshingly nontoxic. The co-op nature makes the game naturally foster teamwork.
Progression is based on completing missions for samples, requisition slips, medals, and super credits. You can play any available missions to progress.

Samples and Req Slips: purchase new weapons, stratagems, and upgrades
Medals: purchase skins, weapons, stratagems, emotes, etc. from War Bonds
super Credits: purchase War Bonds. Super creds can be bought with real money but are affordable through regular gameplay.

Build diversity is personal choice. You can make a lot of things work together depending on enemy type, mission, and terrain. You can coordinate builds with friends or squadmates but it is most definitely not needed. It's pretty rare for loadouts to even be discussed during mission prep.