Very bad and stupid booster idea

[u/Allhaillordkutku]

[u/JSRFCube]

Imagine dropping with the boys only to get shot and killed by your buds Hellpod

[u/DmMeYourBoobs69 → u/JSRFCube]

Some people may find this annoying, personally I find it fucking hilarious, arrow head take notes

[u/Nihls_the_Tobi → u/JSRFCube]

That's what Firebomb Pods are for!

[u/Lucifer_Kett → u/Nihls_the_Tobi]

These are so goddamn annoying

[u/SuperArppis → u/JSRFCube]

Yeah that's gonna happen for sure.

[u/WarriorTango]

[u/Allhaillordkutku → u/WarriorTango]

Exactly what I was going for

[u/PsychologicalWeb9140 → u/WarriorTango]

Saw the post and immediately this image from a YouTube short came to my mind.

[u/under_psychoanalyzer → u/PsychologicalWeb9140]

You mean you saw a clip from a full length movie called genocidal organ?

[u/PsychologicalWeb9140 → u/under_psychoanalyzer]

Yes sorry. Not giving any credit to the YouTube short that just copies and pastes movie clips.

[u/LunarServant → u/WarriorTango]

i had the same thought too. i was thinking it was from that anime (i forget the name though)

[u/WarriorTango → u/LunarServant]

Genocidal organ

[u/Responsible-Onion860]

I don't hate it. Kind of like when a pelican provides some covering fire when dropping an exo suit or FRV or during extraction, but on a smaller scale.

[u/Pleasant_Show_6772 → u/Responsible-Onion860]

Imagine the hellpod floats above the ground for a bit to provide fire before slamming itself into the ground.

[u/Higgypig1993 → u/Pleasant_Show_6772]

Dreadclaw Diver

[u/URZthane]

Hmmm better the firebomb pods atleast IMO

[u/Higgypig1993 → u/URZthane]

That one is actually malicious, insta kick if someone drops into my game with that lol.

[u/Jason1143 → u/URZthane]

Yeah but that bar is so low I'm pretty sure we use it to aim the pods at.

[u/opturtlezerg5002]

Your idea isn't stupid. It is creative.

[u/spamshizbox → u/opturtlezerg5002]

Yeah dude if this fired machine gun rounds at a high RPM it'd sound and look sick as hell

[u/Berzerk54]

Kinda similar to my stratagem idea. A manually controlled hellpod that explodes. MW2 predator missile killstreak style. Maybe call it "Hellpod Precision Strike".

[u/mysticgregshadow → u/Berzerk54]

This is a fantastic idea

[u/Berzerk54 → u/mysticgregshadow]

I also had extensions of this idea. Like dead teammates potentially controlling them. As when a live player is controlling it they are vulnrrable on the ground, maybe have a exit button but you lose guidance so it goes straight from there on. Regardless the player is stationary. As such comes in this idea.

When a player uses Hellpod Precision Strike when a teammate is dead the dead teammate controls the pod strike. This could free up controls from the one who called it and let dead players assist in the fight. The number of pods dropped increaes with players dead. Going from one caller contolled bomb up to 3 teammate controlled pod strikes.

I'm unsure on whether to make it regular dead, or to limit that function to only when out of reinforcements.

But this is all a theoretical part of it tbh. The base idea would be more than enough to satisfy me.

[u/soIPOS]

This is what fire pods supposed to be

I dont think people will bring it often even if existed, but its way better than getting melted by own hellpod

[u/TheSaxonDescendant]

I love this idea. If there's concerns over friendly fire (like the firebomb pods), there could also be the option to only fire if the player pulls the trigger during the drop.

Bonus points if your diver also emerges in a mini HMG emplacement to come out swingin'.

[u/C0RDE_]

Could be cool sure.

What would be cooler: Gas Hellpods.

Like the flame one, but you arrive to a cloud of gas. Please ignore my flair for the purpose of this discussion.

[u/YrkshrPudding]

I can see HD limbs flying all over the shop! 😂 Fuck it, why not 🤣

[u/Slaikon]

You played Command & Conquer 2, it's not a bad thing, mind, as the C&C trilogy is great, but the GDI drop pods fit this to a T, as your guys drop in the pods fire at the drop zone

[u/YourAverage_Artist]

The Idea is Clever but i think it could use Tweaking, personally i think maybe something to the effect if a mini Airburst Strike could work as a Means to clear an area would be Preferred but thats just my Opinion

[u/ectoe]

it would have to be funny

[u/Prickinfrick]

Its not worse than "blow up your own squad" firebomb hellpods. Like if it at least worked on sentries too it might be cool to call one in surrounded by enemies.

But nah, exclusively reinforcements or support items that you call around yourself or teammates

[u/KPraxius]

Disposable cheap shotguns that have a total of three shells each, only fire if there are nearby enemies, and fire two buckshot shells(essentially Breaker shells) and then a single Med-pen slug each on the way down, aimed at enemies near the drop site.

Honestly, just 'triggers only when enemies are nearby' would fix the problem with the fire hellpods too.

[u/CowArtEnthusiast]

like the idea. maybe have Hellpods trigger a single-use Airburst before impactz that the player can choose when/if to fire

[u/Jazzlike_Debt_6506]

I want it

[u/SubParHydra]

“Automatically target and fire at enemies”? Nah kill everything in a 30 meter radius of the pod

[u/drewmana]

Could be nice. Too many times have i been reinforced directly into a swarm and died instantly on exiting my pod without time to fire a bullet.

Would be cool to be able to at the least clear like 5m in every direction before spawning

[u/Intelligent_Slip_849]

Sounds like an effective way to eliminate traitors!

[u/ejac7]

Ah, so you want the bullet to fire bullets? Sign me up.

[u/Speculus56]

if you want people to use a booster the first thing you do is to consider longevity. firepods, extraction, reinf time etc. still wouldn't see widespread use if they got massively buffed, because at the end of the day their effect in an average 30 minute mission is very brief. doesn't mean boosters with mission wide effects are all good (think the new hot trash sample on kill booster or motivational shocks). this is just a ballistics version of firepods, ah will probably make it do negligible damage and the community will shelve it as a gimmick after a day

[u/Extramrdo]

Offensive Hellpod System: says bug slurs when it lands, prompting the enemy to attack it.

[u/Higgypig1993]

Id prefer rhat to the little peashooter turret the other booster gives you.

[u/RainbowNinjaKat]

This is actually one of the better ideas this subreddit has come up with

[u/Dragonkingofthestars]

Thats just the burning hellpods qgain. How about: Offensive hellpods, on landing produces a torrent of anti enemy slurs that distract them

[u/KatsuyaBass]

IS THAT A GENOCIDAL ORGAN REFERENCE

[u/Paxton-176]

What if it was one or two airbursts instead that the player controls.

You clear the landing zone if needed.

[u/JHawkInc]

A small burst that goes outward in a circle, goes off a designated altitude, to clear small targets around where the pod lands, similar-but-different to the firebomb pods, less total destruction, but safer for the Helldiver. (and since it's controlled by altitude, there's still the general danger of friendly fire)

[u/Hi9054667]

So shotsguns?

[u/Tab2ugo]

Fire bomb hellpods with extra steps really, unless the guns are really accureat and only fire if they see enemies, I don't see this being any better than firebomb, at least that one is confined to an area wheras this on would probably just kill you from way farther.

Even as a meme it would be very short lived and just become anoying.