To help the defenders of Super Earth spread controlled democracy and eradicate the threat of the Automaton, the developers of Helldivers 2 they introduced two new weapons in the form of Stratagems, namely the MG-206 Heavy Machine Gun and the LAS-99 Quasar Cannon. You can unlock them right now, provided you have enough points.
There MG-206 Heavy Machine Gun it presents itself as a weapon with a high rate of fire, a generous magazine and heavy bullets with high damage, counterbalanced by a very high recoil, so for precise aiming it requires you to kneel or even lie on the ground to use the tripod. It is in the “Patriotic Administrative Center” section, it costs 6,000 credits and on missions you can request one every 480 seconds, in line with the other auxiliary weapons in the game.
Instead, the LAS-99 Quasar Cannon allows you to load powerful bursts of explosive energy. Its power seems enormous, but is counterbalanced by a “long recharge period after each shot”, according to the game description. It is in the “Engineering Workshop” section, it costs 7,500 credits and also in this case during a mission you can request this Stratagem once every 480 seconds.
Ready to tear the Automaton apart?
Adding these two new stratagems is “for encourage the destruction of the Automaton“, according to the internal message of the game and therefore we assume that they will prove to be particularly effective in eliminating this particular type of enemies.
Staying on topic, the Helldivers 2 community recently commemorated a dead player and, moved by the gesture, the development team is working on a tribute in the game.
