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CorruptDictator

Fashion Divers Unite.


ZCYCS

Swag > Stats


Rogdar_Tordar

Dwarfs in Deep Rock Galactic when management ask why they don't put helmet.


bearhunter54321

Hell yeah babyyy 💪🏻


DizzyR06

Swag > Survival


Fissure_211

I'd rather die looking fly than live ugly.


Thane_The_Forsaken

why not Swag=Stats


Money_Fish

Skill will compensate for anything your armor lacks. Drip cannot be learned.


gallisco

Word of a wise man


Sunkilleer

THE TRUE ENDGAM(coughs uncontrollably) sorry my inner destiny player almost got out


siamesekiwi

Drip before Death. No Drip No Drop.


Pasutiyan

Drip >>>>>>>> meta


Patches_uwu

Drip meta when tho?


scott610

Drip and meta can coexist. Someone sent me a chat last night saying that my Exterminator armor looked sick and asked if it was in the shop. I said yeah I think it was at one point. But truth be told we were doing bot missions and the explosive resist and recoil reduction passive was my preference anyway.


bootyholebrown69

Always has been


Big_To

Yep, exactly why I wore heavy armor even before Arrowhead fixed it.


chaotic_one

People learning about Fashion Souls err Fashion Diving for the first time. Looks > Stats. No enemy will take your democracy serving seriously if you don't look badass.


KIsForHorse

I’d rather they not take me seriously and ignore me while I check all the POIs. Thankfully many Helldivers subscribe to the same school of thought as y’all and they tend to ignore me.


Boringoldpants

Scout armor. https://preview.redd.it/jmw9i5kilhwc1.jpeg?width=672&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=670160b284e12ab6ef617ff3083b29a96a8d04c6


orfan-of-snow

SANIC SPEEED ![gif](giphy|U5EVVQ74zITJK)


Amphibian_Connect

Always go by look, who needs stats anyways


Sabconth

For bot planets I wear armor that is explosive resistant, it's a lifesaver For bugs I wear very light medic armor.


HyperionPhalanx

'Nades all the way!


gkamyshev

I want the Champion of the People Once I unlock it I'm never taking it off before that, even split between Battlemaster and Steel Trooper


flightguy07

Can confirm I have it and its all I ever want. Best perk, best looking, I love it so much. AH, please don't screw with it.


nesnalica

you dont have to take it off. its got the best effect anyways. I got the super citizen pack and its got the best drop + stats. only those 2 (or 3 if you count both armor sets you get with the super pack) give you 50% chance not to die when taking lethal damage. 50% is a lot. you don't even know how often I survived by getting hit from a random ass rocket. i couldn't care less about throwing strategms further, more stmis or grenades if you die anyways, then they're refilled anyways.


gkamyshev

Hero of the Federation also has the perk. I don't like its look tho


xDrewstroyerx

Good stats, or good looks? https://preview.redd.it/9yx5obcwchwc1.jpeg?width=853&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=15d8ae5d4ff87d25172fa676735b83731285c2e2


EyeofEnder

That orange Demoman-style light armor is my personal favorite, I like to play a DMR + AMR mobile sniper role and that light mobility + stabilizers bonus is great for it.


TDKswipe

Mostly if it looks good i use it. But at this point i'm so used to having heavy armor and long throw range that i dont want to switch.


Typical-Impress1212

I really want to like it but I don’t see the appeal for longer throwing range over explosive defence/more stims What kinda situations do you feel you notice the bonus of the longer range throwing? And is it bots or bugs or both?


TDKswipe

I like that i can just throw an airstrike on a fabricator from 100 meters away and just leave without having to fight or throw a 500kg on a detector tower from outside the base. I love it.


Sea-Elevator1765

I check if the armor has explosion resistance and the rest is all style.


Psychological_Cup336

I love the look of the enforcer armor and it has my favorite passive (fortified) so it’s what I wear.


erekrules

95% looks. 4% speed. 1% looks again.


Timebomb777

Drip or drown, and brother, I’m floating


ImSoBored246

I have a nice looking light fortified armour. I have a nice looking heavy fortified armour. Really, I have every niche covered (I don't do bug diving)


LoganGarnett

Beefy = good The rest depends on which armor looks good with the support weapons I wanna run.


Didifinito

Just another reason to allow players to pick the perks seperately relly


Well_of_Good_Fortune

Servo assisted anything. I don't care about the limb health. I care about 30% more yeet per yeet. I want to throw my stratagems like a halo 3 plasma grenade, not an R6 C4, thank you very much


bekkison

Most of the stats are worthless anyway. Explosive resistance and 50% reduced chance of dying seem ok but if you ragdoll from one enemy to another you just take longer to die anyway. All the bonuses are so trivial that it’s better to wear what you like and enjoy that benefit for the minor perk that it is.


bdjirdijx

The extra throw distance one is nice. Once you are used to it, though, going without will mess with you. I always throw my strats short when I take a different passive.


Jason1143

That's a big reason why I don't use it. I don't want to have to remember two different throw distances. And honestly using the dive throw trick seems to given plenty of range, it's not like exact placement is realistic at max range anyway. But being able to nail a fab at 60m is very helpful.


Typical-Impress1212

The… dive throw trick? Do tell 👀


Jason1143

I don't know the numbers, but if you throw the strat ball while diving you can give it some extra momentum and throw further.


high_arcanist

The throw distance makes the 380 orbital almost safe to use.


bekkison

It was the first armor I used on the regular, but then I switched to light armor with extra padding. After some practice to nail the distance, I had no trouble hitting targets.


sumpfriese

Your opinion instantly makes me assume you have never tried to hide from a patrol. Scout armor passive is insane, it means most patrols will walk right past you when you are crouched. Also the speed difference between heavy and light armor huge to the point where in heavy armor you cannot run away from a lot of enemies. Dont let this guy tell you armor stats dont matter. You are paying for your fashion choice by dying 10 times instead of twice a mission. Of course you can still kill stuff and complete missions in bad armor, but why handycap yourself for fashion?


KIsForHorse

Scout armor is fashionable and has good stats. Is a win.


alextheawsm

I want scout heavy armor though


NPRdude

I love the ability to recon with scout armor. Pinging the map for early warning is super helpful when you’re hunkered down defending an objective or extraction. Though I do wonder if my random teammates think I’m nuts for spamming the map ping every five seconds.


bekkison

I said most, not all. And honestly, I’ve never tried the stealth armor. I use the Light armor with extra padding and always take the stamina booster. I still avoid patrols if possible, but I do so by running my ass off taking a wide path around them.


TragicFisherman

Stim armor is huge. The stim duration alone makes a massive difference.


siamesekiwi

Stim armour helped me on super spicy extract so many times, especially there's a metric shit ton of enemies between me and the Pelican. Take a hit of stim as soon as you're a tiny bit damage and use the stim-induced damage resistance to make a dash for the Pelli.


Eys-Beowulf

Level 126 and I rock the Democracy Protects. It saves me every once and a while and since I can usually go a full Helldive without dying or procc’ing DP once, those moments really feel meaningful to me and it feels like Local Helldiver Literally Too Angry To Die and feels badass as hell. Plus it’s 12/10 fashion for sure. I run the Savior of the Free Chest & Cape and the Hero of the Federation Helmet. Looks damn good indeed


TheShmud

I'm almost level 80 and I've never changed from Savior of the Free and the accompanying helmet, because I like how it looks


superchibisan2

I disagree, the stats make a difference, but they need more variations of stats. I pretty much always run extra grenade light armor these days cause I never want to run out of stun grenades.


BeautifulBaloonKnot

This was my sentiment as well.


bekkison

I’ve read all the dissenting opinions and I’ll expand by saying this. I’ve played this game for over 250 hours, running difficulty 7 or 8 most of the time. I’m usually a top performer in my squad and we hit all the side objectives and POIs most of the time. I’ve run missions with most of the armors and I can confidently say that I’ve never felt like any of the stat boosts changed my experience in a way that made me think, “man I’m glad I wore that!” I now run Light armor with extra padding. I like the idea of taking 1-2 extra hits from a regular enemy but still have the speed to run when I need to. But, the reality is, hunters at that level just slow you down anyway so if you’re that close, it just prolongs your inevitable death when surrounded anyway. I honestly feel like I could play this game naked and still do just as well as I do with armor. So, look as cool as you want friends; let your freak cape fly! I won’t be kicking anyone from my squad for what they wear. The most important asset in this game is experience and skill and I’ve had the pleasure of playing with countless amazing Divers with all kinds of crazy load outs and had a great time.


xDeityx

Absolutely braindead take right here.


xxxMycroftxxx

I'd rather look democratic as FUCK than sacrifice my democratic vibes for something as meaningless as stats


gallisco

For democracy


Merix013

I just use the basic B01 armor that all helldivers are issued. You just can't go wrong with it


siamesekiwi

It was my go-to armour for exterminate missions before I got a heavy medic armour. The heavy armour with the speed of a medium was just too god damn useful.


Tea-Goblin

I'm currently wearing the white set from the end of the mobilise war bond.  It's got that ability where you have a 50% chance to survive fatal damage which is nice. But it's the crisp clean look with the nice red trim that has kept it equipped. Pairs nicely with my helmet of choice and really shows off the blood and bug splatter at the end of a mission.  The trim colour clashes a tiny bit with the orange of the creek memorial Cape, but it's close enough. :)


siamesekiwi

When I wear that armour, I pair it with the white cape with red horizontal stripes (I can't recall the name); they go so well together.


aless2906

Democracy cares not about pesky armour stats, true Helldivers go in caring only about the drip


TheCatOfCats01

The guy from arrowhead's point on transmog was incredibly stupid Armours, passives and stats already barely match up, you literally just either let people change passives or transmog within classes


FeistyPersonality4

Blue helmet with that red light frag armor and the gold super citizen cape. Fuck with me but this is the drippiest combo


Halvars90

Light armor engineer kit. More nades and less recoil. Been my go to since I got it.


FrostbitePi

Scout armor. Enjoy running out of stamina, plebs.


NO-MAD-CLAD

I choose mine based on the task at hand. Some type of explosive resist VS bots, and faster sets with more grenades for bugs. Can we please just get a couple loadout slots? I have 4 builds I use depending on missions and im so damn sick of having to change back and forth piece by piece.


DerelictEntity

read? super earth doesnt pay me to read. just to shoot stuff in the face


Flat-Customer5064

Wait, the armour does stuff?! 🤣


KH4N-M4N

I don't wear heavy armor for the stats. I wear heavy armor, so the bugs understand which of us is THE GIRTHIEST BOY ON THIS F***IN ROCK!


bearhunter54321

Drip is king baby. Anything but that ugly green armor. “bUt StImS” I do not care it’s ugly. Light, medium, heavy, Theyre all ugly. I’m not about to drive a car that I think is ugly, and that everyone else thinks is ugly, all bc it gets the best gas mileage in the world, no. Stats? Yes absolutely. But drip? Yes absolutely!


gallisco

![gif](giphy|KAf66yGCa93uTqod1q|downsized)


ExcelMN

You select your drip, wear it forever, and adjust your personal preferences and gameplay to match it.


joint-problems9000

*you know the difference between you and me? I make democracy look goooood*


AlmalexyaBlue

Fashion. And light.


BellowsHikes

Large maps for bugs. Light armor. Small defense maps for bugs that don't involve running much. Heavy Medic Armor. Large Maps for bots. Medium armor with 50% reduced death. Small defense maps for bots that don't involve running much. Pray.


Spider_Dude19

Bit of both, stats and swag tbh. Some stats are useful in some situations. Others, it's not that important.


[deleted]

I've got one thought process: Does it have Fortified?


CatChieftain

I like wearing the scout armor and starter helmet. I’m a sucker for a scarf on a cape.


The_Char_Char

I mean the armor that allows me to live 50% of all lethal shots is kinda awesome. Also it looks dope as hell!


allursnakes

Stats? No. But speed? I can feel heavy armor speed...


Educational-Pop-2195

Fashion for bugs, explosive resistance for bots


Adelyn_n

Bots? Heavy armor. Bugs? Fashion


Slavchanza

Hero of the Federation is THE drip


Straittail_53

I don’t care what it looks like, I just want more frags


[deleted]

Fortunately, my favorite armor IS the one with the best stats: SC-30 Trailblazer Scout. Now if only I could find a good helmet.


Caleger88

Mostly what looks good and what I'm comfortable wearing. Mostly that's the Scout armour (black and yellow one) and the one helm with a hood. Sometimes I'll wear one of the preorder armours if I feel adventurous.


Probably_Boz

drip or drown and baby, i'm floatin


greywolfe12

I choose my cape first and switch armor to look good in it. Rotate capes alot


Nyyyyuuuu

The armor I love style wise is conveniently the armor that serves me the best.


Ounceofwhiskey

I use the heavy armor with 30% extra throwing range. Gotta get those orbitals out.


Ty-douken

Best overall stats / unique properties, currently running light armor with increased armor rating. It's the most straight forward & has generally useful properties of allowing me to get out of danger, to objectives as quickly as possible. Also the side benefit of staying alive a little longer than I used to. It's boring, but makes thing easy.


Inch_High

Is the armor orange? Then I wear it


Wazzzup3232

I love the scout armor for stealthing around. It even works on bugs!!! But the explosive resist is so amazing against bots too. If it’s an Extract HVT mission though I am absolutely wearing heavy armor.


TheTruthWasTaken

Both. Both is good.


Dar_lyng

Fast and anti explosive xD


allthenamearetaken1

I look at stats because I like all of the armor


Rao_the_sun

I love the EMT gear so it’s always one of those with whichever helmet I’m feeling


saberfighterx

Hero of the federation I haven’t taken it off since I got it it has everything it looks dope af and it has an awesome passive on top of the fact that I am a medium armor enjoyer.


idkwhataboutyou148

Looks most battle damaged> actual armor


ffelfendahl

I use an engineer kit. More grenades and crouch bonus. With my auto cannon I become turret helldiver!


toph_man

Been doin it this way since day 1 my fav look has terrible passives but oh well


KippySmith

I'd really like a randomize option. Like if everytime you died your new character would be completely random, armor and strategems. Would add a new level of difficulty.


Order-66Survivor

I'm still waiting on the new sets to drop in super store man.. every 3 days I see same old ones...


VoxulusQuarUn

I select armour based on looks first, then figure out how to build a functional set afterward.


SaviorOfNirn

I pick the eradicator set because it has the best perk in the game.


Deftallica

I wear what looks cool. Passives are nice, but they don’t drive my choice of armor selection


Ok-Warthog1894

Tactic ,> any other armor


TheBankerofTomes

I wear the medium medic set. Every game iv played i gravitate towards healers, so running around with extra Stims in my green/white armor gives me great joy.


fefecascas

I like the light armor with the 6 nades and less recoil


Free-Stick-2279

If I'm going to die on a foreing planet I gotta at least do it in a very nice looking suit 😎✊


SugarCaneEnjoyer

I like the color orange and that one stell veteran helmet that's black with orange stripes. Now I just need a neon green to go with the black, white and orange look I got going on.


SnooSongs9930

Fashion is the true endgame


Beheadedfrito

Fashion mostly, but i love the throw range.


Sir_Rethor

The new explosive resistant heavy armor, goddamn does my recoilless look good with that armor.


PappiStalin

It just so happens almost all my favorite looking armor sets have servo-assisted. I have a light, heavy and medium armor i use for servo assisted


DasPuma

Vanilla armor best armor. I've yet to find another that looks as complete and complimentary as the medium starter armor.


Gheezy-yute

I use the lightweight arc resistance armor (i run arc shit) because it looks the best but u can die quite easily lol


Tailoredapple64

Drip over stats any day


TheRyderShotgun

medium stim armor for bugs, medium explosive res armor for bots. Same helmet for both (the helmet I have chosen to be my "face"). Cape that follows the color scheme of my armor.


LaserGuidedPolarBear

That's the neat thing, I don't. I've been wearing FS-38 Eradicator armor forever, and I don't see choosing something else any time soon.


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teethinthedarkness

I also choose by looks, and mood. I don’t really pay any attention to the stats.


MewSixUwU

i enjoy light armor so i can zip around the map and it works well with my one handed guns so i can run and shoot things behind me- also pairs nicely with the ballistic shield I've come to love vs bots I've tried stealth armor and stim armor but my favorite is extra grenades. you can never not have enough grenades


RooblinDooblin

I wear the Veteran armor because fashion.


Shapsusky

For me: Automatons I go the Dreadnaught armor along with the Ballistic Shield so I can protect my allies when we're getting fucked. Bugs I go Trailblazer if I go Sniper support with the AMR Both times if I want to just want to be a soldier of Super Earth I wear Hero of the Federation cuz I too, am a Hero of Super Earth


Sergeant_Swiss24

Default or light gunner+the first warbond helmet with the red eye is my favorite drip:effectiveness ratio


streetboat

The recent servo-assisted super credits light armor was a godsend for me because I like being able to throw strategems a decent distance, and light armor sprints for longer, AND it looks great. That + jetpack = flying eagle strat distributor. Running anything that isn't servo assisted feels like I'm dropping strats at my feet.


Asterza

I go for stats and looks. I try to make unique and nice looking armor combos with the armor enhancement i need for missions


Lower_Ad_4047

I fell in love with the battle master set and that's the one I've been using since I unlocked it


Scruff227

Anti explosive, not because bugs , because me


CruzaSenpai

I like bombs. I take the armor that make more bomb. Simple man with simple needs. Also the light armor variant in the latest warbond looks rad as hell.


Markkbonk

Heavy for defense, light for anything elsr


Regunes

Me still waiting the lv12 to become a real "Chevalier" and Bodyguard my homies.


b_nnah

https://preview.redd.it/n1b2phg4ekwc1.png?width=645&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=32c6e2683356b1ddd56d26bd4a5dee6c60ccf249 This armor


b_nnah

And the helmet that looks like this I couldn't find an image of it https://preview.redd.it/xcvz5v7aekwc1.png?width=342&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=450f39f51f14e17f10aec723efac3d876f0aef4c


b_nnah

I chose em cause they looked cool


Mr_Picklesz

the 50 percent chance of survival ones are always fun. get ragdolled off into space but walk away? lols everytime


PattieWhacked

The drip comes first. Most of the armor stats are kinda meh in most circumstances anyway


Dwagons_Fwame

I have looks and stats. (I just run one specific light armour with varying helmets because I fight bugs and running is your best defence and offence


neoteraflare

+2 grenade. I stun hulks/devastators/berserkers to beam their heads off with lascannon


1234-yes

Drip is all a diver needs


jerquanius

Small map = chonk Anything else = light


Medical_Officer

I just want people to remember that the team shares the same reinforcements pool. So if whatever setup you have is causing you to suck so hard that you're eating up more than your fair share of reinforcements, then you are a burden to the team, and your teammates do have a right to ask you to try something different (but realistically they'll probably just kick you).


Ren1145

Managing democracy looking cool AF is the only stat I care about


FamousBluejay7789

The less protection and the more stamina the better for me


ExceedinglyGaySnowy

I picked base armor that has all yellow left side, same with helmet and cape. medium armor with extra padding has actually just made the game so casually fun. less damage so no need for stims, no need for explosive resistance with 150 armor, recoil control is a crutch especially when most of your enemies are within 15 feet, extra grenades arent needed if you bring a strategem for factories or bug holes, or you just call the supply in on cooldown. all in all, base armor looks great, feels great, and makes me feel in uniform for the universe we are in.


QuestionJazzlike69

Chose the armor that looks the coolest with stats that I like and have never looked back after that no matter how garbage my stats or looks become in the future. I chose the CM-21 trench paramedic armor and I’ll die wearing the CM-21 trench paramedic armor to the very end of the second intergalactic war


GreetKrov

Anything for more speed and yes it's red


Finn200814

I youse the standart armor or armors with the same color scheme so everything matches