Helldivers 2 players have recently managed to blunt the advance of the oncoming Automaton invasion fleet, with the conflict again devolving into a grinding stalemate. However, it seems the machines never rest on their laurels, as reports of the lumbering Factory Striders being deployed in unprecedented numbers begin to trickle in.
Unconfirmed, fanciful tales of similar machines were recorded during Operation Swift Disassembly, the first phase of a much larger campaign. Factory Striders, as they've come to be known, are super heavy weapons platforms capable of manufacturing additional Automatons on the go and shrugging off all but the worst punishment. If the machines can sustain such an assault, new strategies will need to be devised.
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New machines, deployed in secret
Have you been encountering packs of Factory Striders in Helldivers 2? What stratagems are proving most effective in bringing these armoured brutes down? The Orbital Railcannon Strike will be your friend in the comments section below.
Khayl Adam is Push Square's Australian correspondent, a reporter tasked with scouring the internet for the most succulent PlayStation stories. With five years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.
Yeah I encountered them a lot more after the most recent update and man they're tanky
Hopefully it'll lead to all out war on Cyberstan.
Hard times ahead: Fellow Helldiver
I'm loving the regular war effort coverage
What a game. Keeps on giving and taking what little spare time I have all in the name of democracy.
This game is the perfect example of a very simple idea executed to complete perfection.
Sadly (although not really considering its the best RPG I've played to date) I've been kept away by Dragon's Dogma 2 for the past few weeks but I'm feeling a
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