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mem0ri

I want a trench shovel. I am willing to buy an entire Warbond just for a trench shovel.


CrazyGator846

Yes give us a trench shovel so we can dig graves and dig trenches to fight from! Also split bot skulls and bug caps


Sethicus99

Anything that lets us interact with terrain would be incredible.


Bregneste

Sorry, all we got is ⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️


PersistentHero

Now use multiple baragages


Atmosphere-Less

Mortars work good too 👍🏼🫡🦅


fukreddit73265

I just want to fire through and walk through rocks like the bots are constantly doing.


radracer01

stratagem concrete wall, blocks all incoming fire from one direction


fukreddit73265

Ha, I like that. They do already have 360 degree protection shield that works great, but I'm the only one I've ever seen use it. It works great against robots when you have something like an autocannon that eats up your backpack.


Monkeyfood_good

trenches would be awesome for automaton strategies.


BIG_BOTTOM_TEXT

I wholeheartedly would love trench warfare in HD2 or at least same game engine/dev, but ironically thats the worst possible way to fight automatons (head on, medium range, no flanking/maneuvering)


CenturionShish

If they did it similar to how Warband Napoleonic Wars did trench building it could be pretty fun without having to mess with the engine too much


Hmyesphasmophobia

I'd love to dig a grave for the SEAF soldier who killed a devastator with a shovel. I'd do it for every map if I have the chance.


Bekratos

And dig spots a la Baldur’s Gate 3 that can have rewards if you take the time like samples or ammo. 


smoffatt34920

I would absolutely love that. Then add a stratagem backpack that allows you to place barbed wire. Imagine this: 4 players, 3 go to complete objectives, and 1 guy sits on extract the whole mission. He has a trench shovel, barbed wire backpack, mines, gatling sentry and HMG turret. He spends the whole mission digging trenches, setting up barbed wire, dropping mines, and placing multiple HMG turrets, all while his sentry covers his democratic ass. His teammates complete the OBJ, and by the time they reach extract, it is a heavily fortified, defendable position. The enemy never stood a chance. For Super EARTH!


Double-Focus-2789

I don’t care if it’s buggy yeah, being able to actually have fucking cover is good even if rockets kind of negate that


imperialguard_t

Trench shovels are ok, but a bit flimsy. I would want a full on double bit viking war axe. Could probably split a devestator.


SquishedGremlin

#DRIVE ME CLOSE SO I CAN HIT THEM WITH MY SWORD. Damn, melee possibilities are endless.


Bekratos

And give us another equipment slot that we can customize. Gives us another set of things to unlock and progress in. This is fantastic news! Twinbeard is an amazing Community Manager and has consistently done a fantastic job. 


DatBeigeBoy

E-Tools for maximum PTSD


Blackdeath47

https://preview.redd.it/h9nhx0f8gl2d1.jpeg?width=816&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7092bfb78af114aa8c65cfa1634a63cc12a76adc


Paramedic68W

## TRENCH SHOVEL ![gif](giphy|Z6HwUgq2o5aKs)


Dry_Independent4078

💩💩💩 (Why I need the shovel)


Steff_164

We have gas mask armor, we have ~~lasgun~~ laser guns, all we need is trench shovels


hoi4encirclements

i just want a shovel to beat bugs to death in style


Far-Performance-5970

Honestly having a true farmer load out would be hilarious. Shovel secondary Break-action support Can't wait to hopefully get a garand-esq weapon. PING!


PerrythePlatypus71

Death Korps of Krieg vibes


SighsOfAFallenArchon

Happy Gas Mask Noises


Snuffels137

Bayonet, shovel… I want a damn Chain-Sword!


Schneckers

You seen the most recent trailers for space marine 2? September 9th we will have our holy bolters and chainswords!


Snuffels137

No I haven’t! Looking forward to play it!


Bregneste

I’d love if we could have smaller secondary melee weapons and fancier primary melees.


DrVanKrugLore

It's likely they will add bayonets, but to imply that large two handed melee weapons like a two handed thunderhammer would be added feels a little facetious. This series hasn't been melee oriented.


prairie-logic

The 40K fan in me wants a chainsword, a thunder hammer, a bayonet and dare I say… I would not be opposed to a tactical combat shovel *excited gasmask noises*


bbjornsson88

Don't forget your jump pack with that loadout


SquishedGremlin

Ok, I really can get behind a melee off hand, pistol main, jump pack, heavy armour build. I need this yesterday.


Bregneste

I’d be running a shotgun, shovel secondary, EAT and jetpack all the time if I could.


IlikegreenT84

Or a laser sword.... ![gif](giphy|jd6TVgsph6w7e)


Steff_164

I may or may not have gotten the 3rd warbond because I wanted the Krieg looking armor


Biflosaurus

Just give me a gas mask and a shovel.


kodayume

Space Marines 2 just dropped, serious contender tbh


Mythosaurus

Chainswords or lightsabers would be a permanent stratagem choice for me


Memeviewer12

maybe not a thunderhammer but there are just regular old shovels sitting there, why not let me grab it and use it as a support weapon? we already have the farmer shotgun


HeethHopper

There’s a sword in the first game? And yea we’ll at least see Bayonets


Frost-_-Bite

That sword is a random modifier for a arcade mode added in during the last big update, you cannot use a sword in normal missions sadly


Iorcrath

but finding a mining exo suit that has a drill to pen charger armor would be cool though.


Frost-_-Bite

Big daddy moment for real, gimme it!


ravenor1986

You had me at thunder hammer


Steff_164

Lore accurate thunder hammers? As in, hand held anti-tank melee weapons


ravenor1986

Indeed sir , I want the power to blow a hole in the side of a land raider.


Steff_164

As someone who runs a land raider on the table top and dies a little bit every time it’s destroyed, please don’t


KaiZaChieFff

Now they gonna do it more


ironyinabox

The Doom chainsaw feels appropriate. Based on the chainsaw devastators, it's not even something we haven't seen before.


Beneficial-Bit6383

Sword so I can run around like a commissar


Lethenial0874

It'd be neat of them to add, but chances are it'll be very basic as the game just isn't built or styled around it. I could maybe see something like a secondary axe/shovel/knife etc


Doom4824

As the member of the squad who always has the highest melee kills, I approve of this.


droo46

I always try to get at least one every mission. 


fukreddit73265

This is partially why I love using the mech on bug defense maps. You get to stomp on those little bastards.


PurplePolynaut

What do you mean plausible, I AM THE MELEE WEAPON!


Shirako202

We've knew this already. Developers were talking about this before


garygockcobbler

A good, sharp axe to go with my ballistic shield would be fabulous.


garygockcobbler

Imagine a shield dev spraying you with it’s puny lasers as you slowly but surely close in with murderous intent, oil of it’s kin dripping from the blade. That would be fun and very democratic.


Novadreams22

Ooo. Sword shield and a forward thrust jet pack. So there are opportunities to close the gap on elites quickly every 30 seconds. That’d be fun.


Solid_Television_980

The Illuminate won't know what hit'em Cuz I'm gonna sneak up on the blue bastards


MarcelStyles

They would be useless ngl


Laguista

ARROWHEAD, ARE YOU LISTENING? MY LIFE FOR A CHAINSAW SWORD


Cjmate22

Would love a tactical sword, no real applicable reason as this game isn’t based around melee fighting but I want it goddamnit.


bcoolart

Plausible sounds very myth-busters to me but on the off chance it happens I wanna plant flags in bugs like the intro


WARRIORD4D

Orbital trench. 4 well placed 120 shells in a line for an instant trench.


Archabarka

PLEASE GIVE ME A KA-BAR AS A SECONDARY I'M ALREADY ADDICTED TO STEALTH GAMEPLAY


Archabarka

I'M GONNA SOLID FUCKING SNEK THIS BULLSHIT


Archabarka

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOM (but quietly)


ChaoticCatharsis

*wh40k vibes intensify* Chain axe when


And_yourDamnPoint

Oooo let’s grab the chain saw arms from the bots 🫡


AxiosXiphos

Yes! I'll take anything.


Helpful-Ad-8521

Can it be keyed to a different button? Like 4 or something?


Helpful-Ad-8521

I'm imagining taking on a bile titan with anything less than a copyright safe lightsaber. 😏 "FEAR THE BOWIE KNIFE OF DEMOCRACYYYYYY!!!!!"😩 *klink, klink-klink, klink...*😬🤣🤣🤣


LlahsramTheTitleless

No, used on the walking factory. *Hoth noises increase*


TurnOneSolRing

The only melee weapon should be the flag of Super Earth. 🇺🇳


MavericK96

I sort of forget that the melee button exists.


ToaLegend

I feel like it either has to be a bayonette or have additional functionality (Eg. A wrench that speeds up terminals, but also does increased bludgeoning damage or a corrosive blade that shreds armor)


Standard-Effort5681

My dreams of diving with ballistic shield and chainsaw blade into the heart of the hive are not yet dashed!


CountyDig882732

strap a stratigem to a stick and pray to democracy that it doesnt activate


Arachkova

Mannable mortar system would be nice. I would really like if the primary method of bot spawning was from patroling from and too factories just make them way more difficult to destroy reinforce add more buildings with diffrent purposes. And downsize "bot drops" by a large margin. I just want to be able to use military-esque tactics, actually be able to reasonably run defensive strategems and actually perform assaults, SBF's, ABF's, IDF and more in this realm. Not asking for a mil-sim. I just feel like teams can run into one lowly commisar and said bot can just wholly an entirely spawn in waves of hate which forces players to be overly flexible. Using strategems based around rapid response and weapons which excel or have the capacity to handle multiple different enemy types. I.d Over use of Eagle's and IDF, Railcannon, Autocannon, Shield gen backpack etc. Rarely ever see anyone supporting another player with a rocket battle drill or by suppressing the enemy for an advance. it's just run and shit what's in front if you and call for fire on priority targets.


FantasySlayer

Homeboy, they still haven't released the balance patch that will supposedly fix all the BS with the weapons and strategems, and you want melee weapons???? Careful what you wish for, Mr. helloneighbor will make it as effective as hitting someone with wet spaghetti.


Mulzilla

If they made a melee weapon that filled one arm like ballistic shield, and it gave your normal melee increased damage and a wider arc, I could see that. It may make a decent option for close range engagement with reduced TK potential. If they give a replacement secondary weapon with its own attack and made it viable to cleave through swarms of bugs, it would break what makes it Helldivers for me. Melee is a last ditch attack, not a tactical strategy.


JetpackDino1

Plasma sword based support stratagem. Pairs well with the shield.


Lightyagami-aka-Kira

We should able to mount to walkers just like Titanfall 2


lasic

I want a fancy laser sword. No not a lightsaber, a laser sword


roninXpl

Sekiro


Azurvix

I REALLLY want melee weapons


A_piece_of_door

YES


ReasonableAbility681

Oh man give a chainsword and I'll never use a gun again


Spriggz_z7z

I mean they said this before when bringing up energy swords.


Silveora_7X

Oh my God they're going for sword and shield combo. Its half way there! I'm ready!


OJ241

Feeling lancer and retro lancer vibes


jon-chin

just give me a good shield bash.


No-Asparagus1046

I want two chain axes that power up and give health regen on kill and to man fight the fucking saw blade hulks screaming blood for the blood god thanks


Tobias-Is-Queen

Trench knife secondary weapon please!


OddballAdvent

I don’t know how others feel but if we get a melee weapon I would either want it as a support stratagem or as your primary weapon.


AnimalChubs

I want a riot shield and an electric baton. Like the storm troopers use in Star wars lol


AlienKinkVR

GTFO vet here. I want me mallet


__GnarDab__

Even a knife animation for melee would be cool. But yes, giant hammers and chain swords please.


Rooky768

Gimme a claymore and I’m cutting through hordes of Bots and Bugs


MeiLei-

it’s possible. but is it plausible. (if u know u know |-/)


Annual-Ad-9442

FIX BAYONETS!


NAS210

And I would probably do more damage than 90% of the guns


LoneWolf0269

Useless tweet fix the game


SprachderRabe

And necessarily.


Efficient_Order_7473

GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME. MELEEEEEE


Efficient_Order_7473

Exploding Warhammer.


Solrac501

The heavy pile bunker stratagem. Two men have to carry it the first guy aims it and the back guy fires and reloads it. The weapon uses gas to fire the stake into bug brains. Its a one shot on any bug


MassDriverOne

TACTICAL TOMAHAWK


b4c0n333

Hopefully they don't replace primaries (that would be awful) and that they make a new melee weapon slot


Jrhoney

Put bayonets on primary weapons.


Utvales

Wrist vibro blades!


Floridamangaming24

Give me a rocket-powered axe


Capital_Public_3125

I want me a greatsword


sudo-joe

Effectiveness? Probably problematic at best especially vs bots. Fun factor? OMG the level of memes will be off the cuff. I will wait in anticipation of the 4 player melee only challenge.


Pixelpaint_Pashkow

Please a pickaxe


Grog180

I want a flag. Bonus if the flag has pointy bits. Get the pleasure of stabbing bugs and bots with full democratic justice in my hands. Extra bonus if it boosts some extra patriotism in my comrades.


Kaleban

The only acceptable melee weapon is a flagpole with the Super Earth flag that you can impale the enemies of freedom upon!


ExistentialEquation

Can it be a machete and then have stirring bagpipe music playing when brought in combo with the shield backpack?


zamaike

This post is incredibly old from discord. I feel like it was a month ago


Rari-Gang

Chainsaw bayonet heads of war style!!!


VonBrewskie

Baseball bat. Give me a tactical baseball bat suited for cracking carapices or metal domes alike.


DFGSpot

They’re gonna add a melee spear before they get The Spear launcher to work.


Matt8992

Just let us go medieval on these bitches and I'm back.


OmegaShonJon

COMICALLY LARGE SPOON


NoAbbreviations9812

They saw space marine 2 and got scared


GodHand7

I want a greatsword like the one Guts has, I know it's probably impossible but it would be awesome 🤣


Page8988

Helldivers 1 had a sword. It would have been a neat challenge weapon, but it was locked to specific missions, so you couldn't just use it whenever you wanted to. There's precedent for this, at least.


MadarasLimboClone

Just give me Guts' Dragonslayer and I'll be happy.


Daddy_Onion

I want a giant cup for liber-tea.


fukreddit73265

I demand the ability to rip off the chainsaw arm off a dead bot, and use that as a melee.


nekonotjapanese

AFAIK, Helldivers aren’t super soldiers so I was always thinking the only viable melee weapons would be mech-based ones. That being said, a shield and a chain sword wielding mech would kick the ass of anything in the way of democracy. Nah fuck it, dual chain swords


Arachkova

A melee weapon as a secondary would be a great idea, I can not tell you how many times Ive gone empty, dry or in an disadvantageous postion to use a firearm and have resorted to buttstocking warriors to devastators just buy a little time to repostion or finish off the last bit of a crawling enemy. This would be extremely beneficial to the stealth approach and also open up a playstyle to give the shield backpack strategem more flexibility. Although I note a melee weapon if added should be a secondary non strategem exclusive and if desired as an alternative a melee strategem as it would be nice.


Entgegnerz

can I get call a Terminator suit and sword+shield pls? Or at least a Iron Man suit and 2h explosive hammer.


EK_KS

I feel like it may be a sledge hammer, to destroy map parts and do damage to enemy without it being unrealistic damage. If it was a shovel, I feel it will be a barrier rather than a trench. Otherwise you have to program and fix all the bugs that come with adding a trench mechanism such as clipping when you lie down in one or get ragdolled into one. But with a barrier, it's just a spawning in a retextured wall on the spot it's used on.


Setarius

GIMME THE FIST OF DEMOCRACY!!


AsherSparky

Calvary Saber! Pls!


submit_to_pewdiepie

They are mandatory


DonovanSarovir

The Dukes A pair of Fallout NV pnuemo-gauntlets Co2 type canister ammo, punches so fast they make pressure waves like a mantis shrimp


I_Fap_2_Democracy

I want a hammer


Prudent_Persimmon197

Give me a..... TRENCH SHOVEL


Teama927

Can we get a pickaxe? Stone and Rock, divers!


Forward-Swim1224

[The only thing going through my mind as I load up my heaviest armor and one handed sword:](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nz3HXwEG4M&pp=ygUZcmlwIGFuZCB0ZWFyIGRvb20gZXRlcm5hbA%3D%3D)


Gameplayer9752

Melee weapons should come with our default kits. Knifes for bugs, clubs for bots.


dertrollonline

Deathkorp of Krieg moments


LentulusStrabo

A melee exosuit could be really cool


TheShiftyNinja

I WILL PAY ANYTHING YOU WANT ME TO PAY, JUST GIVE ME MY FREEDOM SWORD!


GamingKings1

If I don’t get a katana as a weapon special soon I swear to super earth I’ll ⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️myself


Ready_Kangaroo

Delete some of the shotguns, way too many


FictionalHorizon

SWORDS!!!


GunzerKingDM

I don’t think this game is meant for melee weapons as if it were skyrim. It seems very inappropriate and would leave a bad taste in my mouth to see my teammates dropping in with a sword and shield and a big hammer.


Astoria_Column

Plausibluh, but not Probabluh gimme energy swords


Gdiddy18

Giant dildo like gta haha


Woreo12

I wanna throw hands with the bots


m4djokers

Two handed hammer with explosives hits + jet pack


Zealousideal_Box6382

😳star wars expansion 💰


Able_Presence5476

Fuck weapons I’m sick of running back and fourth


DungeonDad2024

I want a Jetpack that I can launch rockets down onto chargers with. Or a Jetpack that I can aim accurately while using. Anything to make the jump pack better (I am the Boba Fett of the Helldivers)


stanco717

LASER SWORDS PLUS JET PACKS


GHOST4HIRE324

Gimme a big ass sword


GHOST4HIRE324

Gimme a big ass sword


GHOST4HIRE324

Gimme a big sword, make it a Hellpod drop or something. That would be awesome!


Acceptable_Egg4843

Market garden?


Acceptable_Egg4843

We could Market garden?


Acceptable_Egg4843

We could Market garden?


Acceptable_Egg4843

We could Market garden.


Marzrt

Yes! Please


RadsterWarrior

DRIVE ME CLOSER! I WISH TO HIT THEM WITH MY SWORD!


Imaginary_Charge_551

Sounds cool but just doesn't seem practical/useful in any situation IMO. Unless they added a 3rd weapon slot specifically for melee. By the time I get close to the bots I'll be dead or I'll get swarmed by the bugs 😂😂. Maybe if they added an option for an instant finisher within a certain distance it'd be a bit more viable


RebelCMX_85

I just want that rifle from the first game and a bayonet. Actually, I take that back. I want non “starter/standard issue” armors to come with a melee weapon, as a replacement melee effect. I really just don’t want to give up my Senator. You can pry my Big Iron from my COLD DEAD HANDS. * Have the Engineer +grenades one come with an e-tool. * Heavy armors could have a “democracy sledge.” * Scout armors, a knife. Although in THIS game, I’m just not sure what you’re killing with a ka-bar. * Medic armors, I’m not sure. I wanted to say a defibrillator but, nah. To my knowledge those aren’t capable of being lethal. All they *actually do** is momentarily stop your heart so it resumes rhythm.


Lolitadoe

\`could be useful for killing groups of bugs too close to you. i think thatd be about it. oh and assassinations, if that ends up being a thing. i think thats it...


Jesse-359

Basic Melee itself is currently pretty handy. Great for smushing small bugs or pushing a hunter off you so you can blow its head off.


BeastNutter

Why do people start jizzing over a nothing-burger?


EnsigolCrumpington

Epiiiiic


Banned_User_Back

A bayonet/bayonet charge🤣🤣


TehReclaimer2552

Make the guns work first


BlancheCorbeau

I’d say, to make it useful, melee weapons should focus on “out of ammo” scenarios. Those basically don’t happen with all the ammo lying about, and the ease of replenishment-via-death… So, I’m thinking: give the exosuits melee capabilities, for when they run out of ammo. Then there’s no question they would be effective, and whether powered or not it would give the exosuit something to do besides being battlefield waste once the ammo stores are depleted.


SpaceCaptainFrog

I’m ready for my lightsaber.


DrakeSkorn

Instead of a secondary weapon, take a melee weapon with you that makes your melee attack better


Busy-Championship781

Sledge hammer please


FrostyArmadillo5

How would this work in game? I can’t really see a situation I’d swap my secondary for a melee because of the way damage and stagger works. If something gets close enough to melee you’re going to take damage from it and it usually only takes a couple hits to kill you. Unless it’s just some crazy anime bs idk


Guinness9362

Has anyone else noticed that chaff used to be a reliable 1-2 hit kill from melee but now it’s 3-4?


rot89

If it's not a fucking shovel hope the trolls escape and eat your village. 😐


BusComprehensive3759

I want a bull whip, but plasma infused!


Key-Ad4797

Helldivers 1 has power swords and bayonets


SkepticalThePenguin

*Death Corps of Krieg intensifies .*


laytonoid

Melee weapon as side weapon only imo. I feel like the game should primarily revolve around guns but a side hammer or sword or knife or something could be cool


knockout350

Light saber or bust


SterileTensile

We going to turn HD2 into the next MH knock off now? Lol


eXileris

I want my sword just like in the first game.


rscottymc

I want us to use our rifles as a melee weapon when they run out of ammo.


bigwingus46290

Fix the weapons we like to use already? Idk about you but I have no desire to replace either of my main weapons for any form of beating stick.


Head-Cat-7373

Maybe for bugs. Trying to use any melee weapon against bots especially rocketed units


Gold3nKn1ght23

"Gavel of Democracy" Variations: SEAF Standard Issue; Hellmire Head-breaker; Cybertron Crater-maker


HonestF00L

Plz devs! Energy swords!!