Helldivers 2 Players Say Mechs Are Too Weak

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Helldivers 2 players worked hard to unlock mechs, liberating the planet of Tien Kwan. They were clearly very eager, as they accomplished the task much faster than the devs anticipated. Now, players can call down the Exo-45 Patriot Exosuit into battle, although they aren't finding them as powerful as expected.

In fact, many players have reported that the big fancy mechs are getting utterly decimated, not standing a chance against even a relatively weak swarm of bugs. Some have described the mech as a glass canon, providing great firepower, but awful defence - so don't go thinking that you can run off without your team.

"It is heavily armored, just like our heavy armor. It's made from construction paper," says Reddit user the_brick_field, commenting on how every piece of armour in the game is easily breached.

"Antimaterial rifle can’t break bug heavy armor but a scavenger can break mech heavy armor, make it make sense," agrees sirflappington.

At the very least, the rocket launcher you get with the mech is going down much better with the community. That is, of course, if you don't shoot yourself with it, because the Exosuit definitely won't last very long that way. So please, don't friendly-fire your teammate out of jealousy if they have the mech and you don't - you aren't helping anyone.

A fan of the original Helldivers has weighed in, warning players not to expect any buffs to the mechs anytime soon. "They kept them 'meh' in HD1 on purpose. They ignored a decade of ppl wanting them buffed," says Remalgigoran. "Mechs are never going to be John Wick machines. They're like drive-able sentry turrets. You call them down when you need them, and your team is supposed to play around it. If done well you get 16 EAT rockets and enough minigun to clear a breach and a few patrols."

Hopefully, the fact that these mechs aren't all the players hoped for means that the servers will ease up. As we reported yesterday, the deployment of the Exosuit meant that thousands of players